July 18, 2017 01:20 am | Updated 01:20 am IST - New Delhi
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped the Delhi government for being “unable to deal with the growing mountain of garbage and lack of infrastructure to ensure safe dumping”.
A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the AAP government to apprise it of the steps taken to “reduce the height of the mountains of waste in Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla”. Last year, the tribunal had constituted a committee to look into the working of waste-to-energy plants in the city.
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