NEW DELHI: The three civic agencies in the city aim to make Delhi garbage-free in the next six months by removing dhalaos and installing fixed compacting stations at these sites. The corporations held a joint press meet on Thursday to share the plans.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor Mukesh Suryan said that SDMC has been collecting garbage through 1,136 auto tippers from households and 24 mechanical sweeper machines have been deployed to clean the roads.
North Corporation mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said that the civic body has installed 70 compactor machines and closed 300 dhalaos.
Shyam Sunder Agarwal, mayor of east Delhi, said that EDMC would set up 37 compactor plants, out of which 16 had been installed. “Legacy waste from the Ghazipur landfill site will be eliminated by 2024. So far, the height of the garbage mountain has been reduced by 15 metres,” he said.