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A fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi on Monday but was brought under control within hours, officials of Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said. According to a DFS official, the blaze was reported around 1.30 p.m., after which 14 fire tenders were rushed to the site immediately. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials said the fire broke out due to the high temperature reacting with methane gas generated at the site and spread quickly due to strong winds. The civic body said authorities were quick to respond and nearly 10 excavators as well as 4-5 bulldozers at the site were pressed into action to control the fire. “Around 60-70% of the fire was doused immediately and it was not allowed to spread across the landfill site,” the civic body said in a statement. It added that 10-12 small blazes were confined in a small area and continue to burn, but would be extinguished by the night.

The Ghazipur site rises by nearly 10 metres a year and was expected to surpass the height of Qutub Minar and other vertical structures in the country. Two people were killed and four vehicles fell into a drain after a part of a landfill site collapsed in Delhi’s Ghazipur area in 2017. The landfill site, commissioned in 1984 and overflowing since 2002, exceeded its capacity at least a decade ago but garbage continued to be dumped here in the absence of any alternate option. At the last count in 2019, the landfill had crossed 65 metres (213 feet), just eight metres short of the iconic Qutub Minar, which is 73 metres high. The Ghazipur landfill site rises by nearly 10 metres a year and was expected to surpass the height of Qutub Minar and other vertical structures in the country. On the contrary, the landfill site has reduced in height in the past several months. East Delhi Member of Parliament Gautam Gambhir Thursday claimed in a tweet: “Had promised that if I don’t deliver, I will never contest elections again. Asia’s largest garbage mountain in Ghazipur East Delhi down by 40 feet in 1 year!” हिम्मत और मेहनत बड़े से बड़े पहाड़ को भी हिला सकती है Had promised that f I don’t deliver, I will never contest elections again. Asia’s largest garbage mountain in Ghazipur East — How has the height of the landfill reduced? Over 140 lakh tonnes of waste collected since 1984 lie in the Ghazipur landfill leading to hazardous living conditions with toxic air, contaminated water for people...

Tendrils of smoke hang in the air, as Alok Kumar, 29, pulls down the shutter of his shop, located at Rajbir Colony (Gharoli), around 500 metres away from the Ghazipur landfill site. The previous day, on Monday, the garbage mound caught fire — the first major blaze at a landfill in the city this year. Though firefighters managed to douse the flames after operations lasting more than eight hours, fumes from the blaze continued to envelop the area on Tuesday, with residents complaining of irritation in their eyes and breathing troubles. PREMIUM A resident of Mulla Colony, located opposite the Ghazipur landfill, watches smoke emanating from the garbage dump. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo) Also read: Robots at Delhi’s Ghazipur to douse blaze at landfill For thousands of people who live in the shadow of Delhi’s tallest garbage mound, the experience was nothing new. Data from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi shows that five such major landfill fires were reported in 2022, eight instances were reported in 2021 and 2020 each, and 48 such cases were reported in 2019. Such landfill fires lead to toxic fumes emitting greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, and polluting gases such as hydrogen sulphide, dioxins, and furans. According to Alok, the fire on Monday caught everyone’s attention, but smaller fires often go unnoticed. “These smaller fires lead to smoke entering our homes. But last night, the cloud of the smoke was so thick that fumes reached Khoda (across the Uttar Pradesh border), a...

बहराइच/ रायबरेली (उप्र), 12 जून (भाषा) उत्तर प्रदेश के बहराइच और रायबरेली जिले में डूबने की दो घटनाओं में दो भाइयों समेत चार लोगों की मौत हो गयी। भीषण गर्मी से निजात पाने के लिए नहर में नहाने उतरे कोतवाली नानपारा निवासी दो सगे भाइयों की डूबकर मौत हो गयी वहीं रायबरेली में अंतिम संस्कार में आए दो युवक डूब गए । कोतवाली नानपारा थाने के प्रभारी निरीक्षक हेमंत कुमार गौड़ ने सोमवार को बताया कि यह घटना रविवार की है। उन्होंने बताया कि मोहल्ला चिकवा टोला निवासी सैयद शुजा अहमद (24), उसका छोटा भाई सैयद अली (17) और चचेरा भाई नावेद रविवार को नहर के किनारे गये थे। भीषण गर्मी से निजात पाने के लिए शुजा और सैयद बेलवा नहर में नहाने उतर गए जबकि नावेद बाहर खड़ा रहा। गौड़ के अनुसार, नहाते समय शुजा और सैयद पानी में डूब गए। नावेद के शोर मचाने पर आसपास के लोगों ने और सूचना पाकर वहां आई पुलिस ने स्थानीय गोताखोरों की मदद से दोनों के शव बाहर निकाले। प्रभारी निरीक्षक गौड़ ने बताया कि मृतक युवकों के पिता और परिजनों ने शवों का पोस्टमार्टम नहीं करने को कहा जिसके बाद पुलिस ने पंचनामा भरकर शवों को परिजनों के हवाले कर दिया है। पुलिस ने बताया कि रायबरेली में रविवार को सरेनी थाना क्षेत्र में दो व्यक्ति गंगा नदी में डूब गए। उन्होंने कहा कि ये लोग एक व्यक्ति के अंतिम संस्कार में शामिल होने आए थे और अंतिम संस्कार में शामिल होने के बाद उन्होंने स्नान किया और इस दौरान वह डूब गए। मृतकों की शिनाख्त अंकेश (23) और रमाकांत (24) के रूप में हुई है । पुलिस ने बताया कि घटना के लगभग एक घंटे बाद अंकेश का शव बरामद किया गया, जबकि रमाकांत का शव सोमवार सुबह बरामद किया गया। सरेनी थाने के प्रभारी हरिकेश सिंह ने बताया कि दोनों शवों...

Fires frequently occur during the summer in the national capital's landfill, which has remained a significant problem. A huge fire broke out at the landfill's dumping yard in March 2022, engulfing the entire area and the surrounding areas in a thick cloud of smoke. Last year, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai unveiled a nine-point action plan with various measures to prevent landfill fires. To facilitate the movement of vehicles, patrol teams, and fire tenders, the plan called for constructing a peripheral road around the dumpsites. Additionally, it called for the construction of a boundary wall four meters high with barbed wire fencing to prevent unauthorised entry into the dumpsites. In order to stop ragpickers from entering the landfills without permission, the plan calls for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to work with a segregation agency. Punctured high-thickness polyethylene pipes will be introduced to forestall the collection of the exceptionally combustible gas, and a committed observation crew will keep a severe vigil over the exercises at the dumpsites. When organic waste is left to rot in a landfill, methane is produced. Methane bursts into flames immediately in blistering weather patterns, and the blast spreads as it benefits from burnable materials like materials and plastics, the report said. Also Read | Also Read |