NEW DELHI: Environmentalists and water conservationists have raised question marks on the feasibility of the proposed landfill and waste management site at Ghonda Gujran, which is only about 2.5 km from the Yamuna River line.
As the Yamuna waters rose dangerously in the wake of flooding in North India, the site went under water.
Located in northeast Delhi, the site had been earmarked by EDMC as an alternative site for dumping solid waste.
Images and a video put together by noted environmentalist and water conservationist Manoj Misra shows that the site was submerged under the overflowing Yamuna waters.
“Such a facility must be located more than 100 metres from a river. It must be measured from its highest flood line. As per NGT’s ‘Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna’ judgment of 2017 and the CR Babu Committee report, this site is earmarked for wetlands only,” the green activist said.