Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Launches Waste Processing Projects at Okhla, Ghazipur and Singhola

New Delhi, October 3, 2026: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday laid the foundation stone for new waste processing facilities at the Okhla, Ghazipur and Singhola landfill sites, saying around 100 acres of land had been reclaimed from the city’s three major landfill sites over the past one-and-a-half years.

The new facilities are designed to process fresh municipal waste as well as construction and demolition waste, with the objective of preventing the accumulation of new garbage mountains while simultaneously clearing legacy waste from existing landfill sites.

Speaking after the foundation stone ceremony at Okhla, Gupta said the Delhi government was working on two fronts — removing the accumulated waste at existing landfill sites and ensuring that fresh waste generated every day is processed without being allowed to pile up.

Gupta said almost all the legacy waste that had accumulated at the Okhla landfill before January 2025 had been processed. She added that around 3,000 to 4,000 metric tonnes of waste reached the site every day and the new facility would ensure regular processing of the fresh waste.

“Our government is working to finish the old garbage mountains and ensure that no new garbage mountain is created in the future,” Gupta said.

The chief minister said the government was targeting the complete elimination of the existing garbage mountains. She said residents were already witnessing a reduction in the size of the landfill sites and expressed confidence that they would eventually be brought down to zero.

The new waste processing facilities are also expected to generate biogas, green energy and manure. Gupta said waste and cattle dung would be utilised to produce biogas and manure as part of efforts to establish a technology-driven waste management system in the capital.

“Waste should not remain waste; Delhi should use it as wealth,” she said, highlighting the government’s focus on waste segregation, processing and resource recovery.

The foundation stone ceremony also covered the proposed waste processing facilities at Ghazipur and Singhola, along with a biogas plant at Ghazipur.

Gupta also linked the waste management programme with Delhi’s broader efforts to tackle pollution. She said the government was working simultaneously on landfill waste, cleaning the Yamuna, controlling dust pollution, plantation, road infrastructure and improving waste management.

She said environmental pollution was influenced by multiple factors and that addressing landfill waste, Yamuna pollution and dust was therefore an important part of Delhi’s environmental improvement efforts.

The projects are expected to strengthen Delhi’s capacity to process both existing and newly generated waste while promoting the conversion of waste into useful resources.