"However, operations are underway to ensure complete cooling and prevent a possible explosion," a senior Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said. He said that the fire broke out at 5:22 pm on Sunday evening.
Although the immediate danger of fire has passed, the political atmosphere regarding the incident has become heated.
Just days before the much-awaited mayor and deputy mayor elections to be held on April 26, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized the opportunity to raise the issue.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, MCD opposition leader Saradha Raja Iqbal Singh also visited the Ghazipur landfill site this morning and said that Delhiites have seen the Arvind Kejriwal government and the party continuously talking about the Ghazipur landfill site from 2017 to 2022 and Have heard.Sachdeva said that once the Chief Minister had even inspected the landfill site with great fanfare and announced that Delhiites would give him the power of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), and his plan was to not only clean up the Ghazipur landfill site, But also to clean it. Bhalswa and Okhla landfill sites by December 31, 2023.
Sachdeva said that everyone knows that there is pressure of various gases on the landfill site, even a small fire spreads a large amount of air pollution, but contrary to the big announcements, the Delhi government, MCD did not even clean the landfill site before 2022. .
They have created a third mountain of garbage there.
Sachdeva demanded that the Delhi government should clarify who is responsible for Sunday's accident.
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Responding to BJP's allegations, MCD Mayor Shelly Oberoi said, "I was not in Delhi yesterday but as soon as I came to know about the fire, I directed all officials to take stock of the situation and control the fire. Now The situation is fine."After controlling the fire, the situation will be completely under control in 4-5 hours, we will investigate it. This is not the time to do politics, if BJP is doing this then it is highly condemnable."
In 2021, municipal officials revealed that the city collectively generates about 11,400 metric tonnes of waste, of which about 6,200 metric tonnes is deposited in three landfills: Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa.
According to data submitted by the MCD to the state environment department in January this year, incidents of fire at Delhi's three major garbage disposal sites have declined significantly in the last five years.
According to the data, 159 fire incidents were recorded at the three landfill sites in 2017, which declined to 120 in 2018, 48 in 2019, eight each in 2020 and 2021, five in 2022 and only one in 2023.
Although the immediate danger of fire has passed, the political atmosphere regarding the incident has become heated.
Just days before the much-awaited mayor and deputy mayor elections to be held on April 26, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized the opportunity to raise the issue.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, MCD opposition leader Saradha Raja Iqbal Singh also visited the Ghazipur landfill site this morning and said that Delhiites have seen the Arvind Kejriwal government and the party continuously talking about the Ghazipur landfill site from 2017 to 2022 and Have heard.Sachdeva said that once the Chief Minister had even inspected the landfill site with great fanfare and announced that Delhiites would give him the power of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), and his plan was to not only clean up the Ghazipur landfill site, But also to clean it. Bhalswa and Okhla landfill sites by December 31, 2023.
Sachdeva said that everyone knows that there is pressure of various gases on the landfill site, even a small fire spreads a large amount of air pollution, but contrary to the big announcements, the Delhi government, MCD did not even clean the landfill site before 2022. .
They have created a third mountain of garbage there.
Sachdeva demanded that the Delhi government should clarify who is responsible for Sunday's accident.
,
Responding to BJP's allegations, MCD Mayor Shelly Oberoi said, "I was not in Delhi yesterday but as soon as I came to know about the fire, I directed all officials to take stock of the situation and control the fire. Now The situation is fine."After controlling the fire, the situation will be completely under control in 4-5 hours, we will investigate it. This is not the time to do politics, if BJP is doing this then it is highly condemnable."
In 2021, municipal officials revealed that the city collectively generates about 11,400 metric tonnes of waste, of which about 6,200 metric tonnes is deposited in three landfills: Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa.
According to data submitted by the MCD to the state environment department in January this year, incidents of fire at Delhi's three major garbage disposal sites have declined significantly in the last five years.
According to the data, 159 fire incidents were recorded at the three landfill sites in 2017, which declined to 120 in 2018, 48 in 2019, eight each in 2020 and 2021, five in 2022 and only one in 2023.
