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Waste burning ban goes up in smoke in NCR New Delhi: Two days after Na- tional Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a complete ban on burning of waste in the open and announced a fine of Rs 5,000 for its violation, many people flouted the order with impunity. On Thursday, an NGT bench headed by chair- person justice Swatanter Ku- mar issued show-cause notices to CEO of Noida Authority, of- ficer in-charge of sector 29, Noida, Ghaziabad civic body, SHO in-charge of Dwarka sec- tor 5 and 6 for violation of its order in their respective areas. Some lawyers had raised the issue in the tribunal saying how waste was being burnt in Bhairon Marg, parts of Noida and Dwarka. The bench ex- pressed displeasure at the way in which the orders were dis- obeyed. It warned of imposing hefty fines if the local bodies were not able to show cause. “We welcome that the bench has stepped in. There were newspaper reports highlight- ing that dry leaves are being burnt,” said Sanjay Updhyay, lawyer of the applicant, Vard- haman Kaushik. One of the lawyers also mentioned he had noticed plastic burning in a godown of a Delhi civil supply corpora- tion and presented photo- graphs to the bench. The tribu- nal directed the registry to issue notice to authorities con- cerned, seeking their replies by May 5. On Tuesday, NGT had held that deputy commissioners, director horticulture, area SHOs, assistant commission- ers and sanitary officers of the area will be responsible for any violation of its order. The bench chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar had also said authorities are duty bound to obey NGT’s orders. “Orders are to be complied with as a decree of the civil court. Thus, all these author- ities and police are duty bound to carry out the directions of the Tribunal in accordance with law,” the order had stated. Authorities In Noida, Dwarka Issued Show-Cause Notices HOW TO UTILIZE GREEN WASTE ➤ Green waste, including dry leaves, generated from roadsides in NDMC areas| 2 tonne (approx) ➤ Green waste generated from parks| 4-5 tonne ➤ Instead of composting it for manure, such waste is usually dumped, along with other non-organic waste, in landfill sites What is mulching? Mulch is any type of material that is spread or laid over the surface of the soil (around plants too) as a covering. One can use shredded dry leaves as mulch. Mulch breaks down overtime and becomes compost Experts recommend hiring informal waste workers in gathering green waste from each colony. They can be given a small space in a park to do the composting or oversee mulching Source: Daily Dump/ CSE/Chintan How can you compost leaves? What is composting? Composting is a simple process of allowing organic waste, especially fresh kitchen waste and dry leaves, to rot and stabilize the organic matter under limited controls. In this process, mainly fungi and bacteria convert rich organic matter into humus. The pulverized waste is added to pit and each bed takes about 2-3 months to turn the entire waste into compost Collect the day’s dried leaves in a bag. Add them in layers in any large aerated container like wire mesh enclosure and sprinkle water on the layers to make the pile wet, but not saturated. Add some waste food or fresh green lawn clippings in between the layers to ensure composting happens. Also, add compost accelerator like cow dung or any other organic accelerator. You will have to turn the pile once in two months to help the decomposition process to continue properly. After about 12 months or so, the leaves would have fully decomposed and this compost will be ready to add to your garden ➤ No. of waste-to-energy plants that can convert organic waste into pellets | 2 in NDMC area ➤ No. of composting plants with municipal corporations| 2—at Okhla and Narela- Bawana; but both plants use municipal solid waste, including green waste ➤ A majority of municipal parks, which are one acre or above in size, have composting pits New Delhi: Days after Nation- al Green Tribunal directed the civic authorities to ensure proper disposal of organic waste, municipal corporations in Delhi have started the proc- ess of constructing compost- ing pits in various parks. But officials say these pits can’t be constructed on roadsides as it will lead to sanitation problem. Meanwhile, residents com- plained that the sanitation staff had stopped sweeping parks and colony roads. On Thurs- day, waste was lying on roads in several parts of the city. Civic officials claim that a majority of parks which are one acre and above in size have composting pits. “We have started the process of con- structing composting pits in all the parks. We have also con- ducted awareness drives for our employees to discourage them from burning dry leaves. We will soon be putting up hoardings at prominent places with helpline numbers on them,” said Mukesh Yadav, di- rector (press and information), South Corporation. The waste collected from roadsides is dumped at the landfill sites. Officials say the green waste is picked up by the sanitation staff, along with oth- er solid waste. “Segregation of waste at source is difficult. There are just two composting plants where municipal solid waste is used. We don’t have a plant for just green waste,’’ said a senior officer of East Corpo- ration. Recently, the South Corpo- ration sanctioned two waste-to- energy plants to process green waste. The plants will be set up in Green Park and Defence Col- ony and each plant will process close to five tonne of green waste. “In this, organic waste will be converted into pellets, which in turn can be used as bio fuel,’’ said an official. Even New Delhi Municipal Council officials say they can’t construct composting pits on roadsides. “It will become a sanitation issue. People will use it as a dhalao. At present, waste collected from roadsides is taken to our composting plant,” said an NDMC official. The NDMC recently started a helpline number where peo- ple can lodge a complaint in case they find civic staff burn- ing leaves. No roadside pits, say civic officials SANITATION ISSUE TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Composting or mulching of dry leaves re- quires no investment. Ex- perts have expressed shock that the municipal corpora- tions are finding it difficult to use this method to dispose of green waste. The Defence Colony RWA has managed to compost their organic and green waste in simple pits dug out in a park. All the cor- porations need to do is allot some to create composting pits or dry leaves can be gath- ered in heaps that can be turned into mulch. Shyamala Mani, profes- sor of waste management at National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), said corpora- tions are not utilizing the re- source due to their laziness. “They probably use the dry leaves from gardens and parks but don’t put the effort to gather the dry leaves from the roadside. I agree with the courts that they should be pe- nalized for not acting respon- sibly,” she said. She said dry leaves are rich in carbon while the dung slurry has nitrogen; together depending on the carbon-ni- trogen ratio it can make ex- cellent manure. Chintan, an NGO that works in the field of waste management, recently docu- mented the composting pro- ject by Defence Colony RWA. “If an RWA can do it, why can’t corporations? They have about eight pits where organic waste, along with dry leaves and other green waste, is dumped. The compost is so good that they are selling it to residents. They have also hired a couple of waste pick- ers and gardeners. Local gov- ernments need to under- stand that the only way to utilize dry waste is to com- post it,” said Chitra Mukher- jee of Chintan. Shammi Talwar of the Defence Colony RWA said there should be at least two pits in each park. Their pits currently compost green and other organic waste from 1,600 homes. Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Envi- ronment (CSE) said the eas- iest way to implement com- posting in parks and colonies is to rope in ragpickers who will be happy to oversee the process at a nominal fee. “It can generate employment for them and ensure it’s done well. Municipalities can give them some basic training.” All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh, which has about 1.5 lakh waste-pickers, have been demanding they be part- nered with for such projects. Composting: RWA shows the way TIMES NEWS NETWORK Vipin NOT TAKING BAN SERIOUSLY: Garbage being burnt near Vivek Vihar Vipin TABOO ITEM: With sweepers keeping off, heaps of leaves have piled up N GT will on Friday hear the application filed by lawyer Vardhaman Kaushik against air pollution levels in the capital. The green body is likely to deliberate on how vehicular emissions can be curbed. TNN NGT to hear plea on pollution today TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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Waste burning ban goes up in smoke in NCR
New Delhi:Two days after Na-tional Green Tribunal (NGT)imposed a complete ban onburning of waste in the openand announced a fine of Rs5,000 for its violation, many
people flouted the order withimpunity. On Thursday, anNGT bench headed by chair-person justice Swatanter Ku-mar issued show-cause noticesto CEO of Noida Authority, of-ficer in-charge of sector 29,Noida, Ghaziabad civic body,SHO in-charge of Dwarka sec-tor 5 and 6 for violation of itsorder in their respective areas.
Some lawyers had raisedthe issue in the tribunal sayinghow waste was being burnt inBhairon Marg, parts of Noidaand Dwarka. The bench ex-pressed displeasure at the way
in which the orders were dis-obeyed. It warned of imposinghefty fines if the local bodieswere not able to show cause.“We welcome that the benchhas stepped in. There werenewspaper reports highlight-ing that dry leaves are beingburnt,” said Sanjay Updhyay,lawyer of the applicant, Vard-haman Kaushik.
One of the lawyers alsomentioned he had noticedplastic burning in a godown ofa Delhi civil supply corpora-tion and presented photo-graphs to the bench. The tribu-nal directed the registry toissue notice to authorities con-cerned, seeking their repliesby May 5.
On Tuesday, NGT had heldthat deputy commissioners,director horticulture, areaSHOs, assistant commission-ers and sanitary officers of thearea will be responsible for anyviolation of its order.
The bench chairpersonJustice Swatanter Kumar hadalso said authorities are dutybound to obey NGT’s orders.“Orders are to be compliedwith as a decree of the civilcourt. Thus, all these author-ities and police are duty boundto carry out the directions ofthe Tribunal in accordancewith law,” the order had stated.
Authorities In Noida, DwarkaIssued Show-Cause Notices
HOW TO UTILIZE GREEN WASTE ➤ Green waste, including dry leaves, generated from roadsides in NDMC areas| 2 tonne (approx)
➤ Green waste generated from parks|4-5 tonne
➤ Instead of composting it for
manure, such waste is usually
dumped, along with other non-organic waste, in landfi ll sites
What is mulching?Mulch is any type of material that is spread or laid over the surface of the soil (around plants too) as a covering. One can use shredded dry leaves as mulch. Mulch breaks down overtime and becomes compost
Expertsrecommend
hiring informal waste workers in gathering green waste from each
colony. They can be given a small space in a park to do the
composting or oversee mulching
Source: Daily Dump/CSE/Chintan
How can you compost leaves?What is composting?Composting is a simple process of allowing organic waste, especially fresh kitchen waste and dry leaves, to rot and stabilize the organic matter under limited controls. In this process, mainly fungi and bacteria convert rich organic matter into humus. The pulverized waste is added to pit and each bed takes about 2-3 months to turn the entire waste into compost
Collect the day’s dried leaves in a bag. Add them in layers in any large aerated container like wire mesh enclosure and sprinkle water on the layers to make the pile wet, but not saturated. Add some waste food or fresh green lawn clippings in between the layers to ensure composting happens. Also, add compost
accelerator like cow dung or any other organic accelerator. You will have to turn the pile once in two months to help the decomposition process to continue properly. After about 12 months or so, the leaves would have fully decomposed and this compost will be ready to add to your garden
➤ No. of waste-to-energy plants that can convert organic waste into pellets | 2in NDMC area
➤ No. of composting plants with municipal corporations| 2—at Okhla and Narela-Bawana; but both plants
use municipal solid waste, including green waste
➤ A majority of municipal parks, which are one acre or above in size, have composting pits
New Delhi: Days after Nation-al Green Tribunal directed thecivic authorities to ensureproper disposal of organicwaste, municipal corporationsin Delhi have started the proc-ess of constructing compost-ing pits in various parks. Butofficials say these pits can’t beconstructed on roadsides as itwill lead to sanitation problem.
Meanwhile, residents com-plained that the sanitation staffhad stopped sweeping parks
and colony roads. On Thurs-day, waste was lying on roads inseveral parts of the city.
Civic officials claim that amajority of parks which areone acre and above in size havecomposting pits. “We havestarted the process of con-structing composting pits in allthe parks. We have also con-ducted awareness drives forour employees to discouragethem from burning dry leaves.We will soon be putting uphoardings at prominent placeswith helpline numbers onthem,” said Mukesh Yadav, di-rector (press and information),South Corporation.
The waste collected fromroadsides is dumped at thelandfill sites. Officials say thegreen waste is picked up by thesanitation staff, along with oth-er solid waste. “Segregation ofwaste at source is difficult.There are just two compostingplants where municipal solidwaste is used. We don’t have aplant for just green waste,’’ saida senior officer of East Corpo-ration.
Recently, the South Corpo-ration sanctioned two waste-to-energy plants to process greenwaste. The plants will be set upin Green Park and Defence Col-ony and each plant will processclose to five tonne of greenwaste. “In this, organic wastewill be converted into pellets,which in turn can be used asbio fuel,’’ said an official.
Even New Delhi MunicipalCouncil officials say they can’tconstruct composting pits onroadsides. “It will become asanitation issue. People willuse it as a dhalao. At present,waste collected from roadsidesis taken to our compostingplant,” said an NDMC official.
The NDMC recently starteda helpline number where peo-ple can lodge a complaint incase they find civic staff burn-ing leaves.
No roadside pits,say civic officials
SANITATION ISSUE
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Composting ormulching of dry leaves re-quires no investment. Ex-perts have expressed shockthat the municipal corpora-tions are finding it difficult touse this method to dispose ofgreen waste. The DefenceColony RWA has managed tocompost their organic andgreen waste in simple pitsdug out in a park. All the cor-porations need to do is allotsome to create compostingpits or dry leaves can be gath-ered in heaps that can beturned into mulch.
Shyamala Mani, profes-sor of waste management atNational Institute of UrbanAffairs (NIUA), said corpora-
tions are not utilizing the re-source due to their laziness.“They probably use the dryleaves from gardens andparks but don’t put the effortto gather the dry leaves fromthe roadside. I agree with the
courts that they should be pe-nalized for not acting respon-sibly,” she said.
She said dry leaves arerich in carbon while the dungslurry has nitrogen; togetherdepending on the carbon-ni-
trogen ratio it can make ex-cellent manure.
Chintan, an NGO thatworks in the field of wastemanagement, recently docu-mented the composting pro-ject by Defence Colony RWA.“If an RWA can do it, whycan’t corporations? Theyhave about eight pits whereorganic waste, along with dryleaves and other green waste,is dumped. The compost is sogood that they are selling it toresidents. They have alsohired a couple of waste pick-ers and gardeners. Local gov-ernments need to under-stand that the only way toutilize dry waste is to com-post it,” said Chitra Mukher-jee of Chintan.
Shammi Talwar of the
Defence Colony RWA saidthere should be at least twopits in each park. Their pitscurrently compost green andother organic waste from1,600 homes.
Nivit Kumar Yadav ofCentre for Science and Envi-ronment (CSE) said the eas-iest way to implement com-posting in parks and coloniesis to rope in ragpickers whowill be happy to oversee theprocess at a nominal fee. “Itcan generate employment forthem and ensure it’s donewell. Municipalities can givethem some basic training.”All India Kabadi MazdoorMahasangh, which has about1.5 lakh waste-pickers, havebeen demanding they be part-nered with for such projects.
Composting: RWA shows the way TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Vipin
NOT TAKING BAN SERIOUSLY: Garbage being burnt near Vivek Vihar
Vipin
TABOO ITEM: With sweepers keeping off, heaps of leaves have piled up
TRANSPORT STRIKE: DAY DELHI WAITED, WHINED & STILL WAITED
New Delhi:Commuters look-ing to hire autorickshaws be-came victims of daylight rob-bery on Thursday as theywere overcharged multipletimes, refused rides and madeto share autos with others onthe day when transporters de-cided to go on strike. Thehandful of autorickshawsand taxis plying in the cityeven abused passengers andthreatened to drop them mid-way if they protested. Addingto their misery was the factthat complaints against er-ring autorickshaws got littleredressal.
Traffic police officers saidthat they could only issuechallans against erring au-torickshaw drivers as theAAP government has takenaway their power of im-pounding the vehicles. Theysaid that personnel were de-ployed to catch autorick-shaws fleecing passengers,yet the number of vehicleschallaned was only 171. “Wewere dreading such a situa-tion and even issued a protestnote to the government,” saida traffic police officer.
The state machinery wasunprepared to tackle the“chakka jam” called by trans-porters leading to utterchaos. Complaints to thetransport department’s num-ber yielded little results asmost of the day it was busy.Officials, meanwhile, said
that due to lack of personnelno teams could be put on dutyto check such refusals andmisbehaviour.
Most people complainedof crowded buses and longcommutes as they waited forany form of transport. DTCbuses were packed, someplied for half the routes, andmany stayed off the roads ascontractual drivers keptaway. DTC spokesman R SMinhas, however, claimedthat over 4,000 buses were puton duty in both shifts.
Passengers lost patienceand stopped private vehiclesasking for a drop to nearbyplaces, “I asked random taxidrivers offering lifts to Noidato reach office. It was a har-rowing experience to travellike that,” said SharmisthaChatterjee, an IT profession-
al who works in Noida.Sanket Arora, who lives in
Sangam Vihar, had to pay Rs150 to reach Nehru Place andtake a Metro to his office atITO. “I waited by the roadsidefor nearly an hour before anauto driver agreed to drop meto the Metro station, that toofor Rs 150. I was in a rush to re-ach office and paid the mon-ey,” he said.
The situation was worseat New Delhi railway stationas passengers where chargedfive times the usual rates. “Ididn’t know that there was astrike nor was I aware of therates. An autorickshaw driv-er charged me Rs 500 to takeme to Jangpura, which I laterlearnt is usually a journeycosting Rs 100,” said Shab-nam Qureshi, a resident ofLucknow.
Autowallas call shots,take people for a ride
HARROWING TIME: People were abused, overcharged and threatened
Photos: AasimTIMES NEWS NETWORK
I have been waiting at IP
Estate for a bus for half an hour. The handful of buses that did come were either too full or not plying on their usual routes. I missed my exam today Sagar Anand | (STUDENT) GOINGTO LAXMI NAGAR FROM TILAK MARG
There were no buses going
towards DilshadGarden. Someautowallas demanded double the normal fare; others wanted to pick up multiple passengers along the waySurbhi Rastogi | (STUDENT)GOING FROM ITO TO DILSHAD GARDEN
I waited for almost two hours
before I found an auto to go to Nizamuddin railway station. The driver dropped me halfway and literally pushed me out without giving any valid reason for not going furtherIshaan Qureshi | (BUSINESSMAN)GOING FROM SADAR BAZAR TONIZAMUDDIN
At least 10 autowallahs
refused to go to east Delhi. I finally had to call my husband to pick me upGreena Sharma | (TEACHER)GOING FROM ITO TO PATPARGANJ
I waited for an hour to get an
auto or taxi for Okhla. Drivers refused to go there claiming they wouldn’t get a passenger on their way back. Few even charged double to travel just half the distance Asiya Parveen | (MEDIAPERSON)
GOING FROM DDU MARG TO OKHLA
New Delhi: The transportstrike caught many people inthe city unaware on Thursdaymorning.
“No buses are going to Hi-machal Pradesh. I cannot af-ford to hire a taxi. I have no choice but to wait till thestrike is over,” said Ishwar-nath Singh, who has been atKashmere Gate ISBT sincemorning.
Members of the auto and
bus drivers’ union are deter-mined to fight the bill. “Wedon’t want to harass people butwe have to fight for our rights.We, too, have families to feed,”
said one bus driver.While the strike threw
their schedules out of gear,people tried hard to find otherways to reach their destina-tion. “I have a meeting in Cha-ndigarh. I have to travel by taxinow as I can’t afford to miss it,”said Sukhwinder Singh.
However, the situation wasbetter at Anand Vihar ISBT.Officials said 30% of the fleetwas plying since most buses goto Uttar Pradesh.
Services are likely to re-sume on Saturday.
Lucky few got buses, others...
AT RECEIVING END
NGT will on Friday hear theapplication filed by lawyer
Vardhaman Kaushik against airpollution levels in the capital.The green body is likely todeliberate on how vehicularemissions can be curbed. TNN
NGT to hear pleaon pollution today
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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