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New Silt Facility Planned as Singhola Dumping Resumes
5 Aug
Summary
- Delhi resumed dumping drain silt at Singhola due to urgent pre-monsoon needs.
- A new silt processing facility is being established to manage ongoing dumping.
- Waste-to-energy plant at Narela-Bawana faces delays due to power line issues.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has resumed dumping drain silt at the Singhola site, citing the urgency of pre-monsoon desilting operations. This decision was communicated to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The civic body is establishing a dedicated silt processing facility nearby to prevent the recurrence of large waste mounds in Outer Delhi.
Currently, Delhi lacks a dedicated silt processing facility. The MCD stated that revised tenders have been issued for this purpose, with work expected to be awarded after financial evaluation. This action follows the NGT's suo motu cognizance of new waste mounds emerging at Singhola and Narela, despite ongoing landfill remediation.
The 7.2-acre Singhola site, a temporary dumping ground for drain silt since 2017, had accumulated approximately 900,000 metric tonnes of silt by July 2022. Although bio-mining was completed last year, dumping recommenced soon after.
Regarding the Narela-Bawana site, the waste-to-energy plant operator has begun reclaiming legacy refuse-derived fuel, aiming for completion by September 2026. A new 3,000-tonnes-per-day waste-to-energy plant at Narela-Bawana has been awarded, but its progress is hindered by the unshifted 400kV transmission lines.
