DELHI AND IT’S GARBAGE AN ADMINISTRATIVE MESS SARASIJ MAJUMDER INTRODUCTION : Central government disclosed data before two-judge Supreme Court bench during hearing of PIL on rising pollution levels in NCR & nearby areas. Over 14,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste is generated in Delhi-NCR each day, Centre tells SC. The above, and more such details related to waste management in Delhi and NCR are part of a central government affidavit filed in the Supreme Court. There are 3 landfill sites namely Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. Bhalswa landfill site were commissioned in the year 1994, Ghazipur in 1984 and Okhla in 1996. INSTRUCTION FROM JUDICIARY: Taking note of the affidavit, a bench led by Justice Abhay S. Oka termed the situation of solid waste management in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Alwar and Greater Noida, as “ HORRIBLE ”. The court was hearing an old public interest litigation (PIL) on rising pollution levels in the national capital ...