NEW DELHI: The
South Delhi Municipal Corporation
(SDMC) has fixed December 31 as deadline for completing work for stabilisation and greenery at the
Okhla landfill
site. SDMC additional commissioner Ramesh Verma said that with concerted efforts, height of the over-saturated 23-year-old
landfill
has been reduced from 58m to 38m.
“A dedicated team of 58 workers were deployed in two shifts for the past 10 months to execute the landfill stabilisation project as per specification of IIT Delhi. Finally, we have been successful in bringing down the height. At present, around 70% slope stabilisation work has been completed and a soil cover has been papered over the stabilised slope.”
To give a green look to this portion, the process for planting grass and plants was carried out simultaneously. “We have targeted to complete the whole work by December end,” said a senior SDMC official.
Verma added that the stabilisation plan of the landfill site was a challenge as it included laying of a 16m slopped road around the landfill.
“Each slope was to be built at 22 degrees to avoid occurrence of a Ghazipur-like collapse. Today the top surface has become so strong that even a helicopter can land over it. Construction and demolition base has been used to create the top layer,” said Verma. To maintain this greenery, the civic agency proposes to lay a pipeline from the
Okhla
waste water treatment plant till the landfill.
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