India's tallest rubbish mountain located in Ghazipur has always been on the news for unwanted records. Last year, it was tipped to rise taller than Taj Mahal but now the size of the Ghazipur landfill has reduced?by at least 40 feet in just a year's time.?
Posting the images of the landfill site on his official Twitter account, cricketer-turned MP shares a set of pictures of the East Delhi landfill, which is also known as Asia's ¡®Mount Everest¡¯ to announce his achievement while adding that courage and hard work can move mountains.?
Gambhir reminded people about his promise that if he doesn¡¯t deliver he will never contest again in the elections. He promised to convert the landfill into a green space over time.?
He listed the Ghazipur landfill issue as a priority and he said that he would tackle it in his ¡°vision document¡± for Lok Sabha 2019.
According to PTI reports, Gambhir had said, ¡°I want to convert the Ghazipur landfill into a green space the way the Karnal bypass was done. We will also make efforts to utilize the huge amount of waste to convert it into wealth in the form of energy.¡±
The projected average garbage generation upto the year 2021 is @ 0.68 kg per capita per day and total quantum of solid waste is 15,750 tons/day. Out of 24 landfill sites, 16 are already filled up.
Ghazipur was opened in 1984 and reached its capacity in 2002 when it should have been closed. But the city's detritus has kept on arriving each day in hundreds of trucks. "About 2,000 tonnes of garbage is dumped at Ghazipur each day," a Delhi municipal official said. In 2017, a section of the hill collapsed in heavy rains killing two people. Dumping was banned after the deaths, but the measure lasted only a few days because authorities could not find an alternative.