Gopal Rai asks DPCC to submit report on fire at Bhalswa landfill
New Delhi Apr 26 PTI Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC to submit a report on the fire that broke out at Bhalswa landfill in north Delhi within 24 hours officials saidSeveral videos of the incident showed the blaze engulfing the mountain of garbage sending a dense plume of smoke into the sky and exacerbating the already polluted air in nearby areasOn April 21 Rai had said the Delhi government will study a system installed in Mumbai to capture methane from the rotting waste and replicate it in the capital to prevent fires at landfillsThe Ghazipur landfill has seen three such fires since March 28The wet waste dumped in a landfill produces methane when it rots In hot weather conditions methane catches fire spontaneously and the blaze spreads as it feeds on combustible material like textiles and plastics PTI GVS RHL
New Delhi Apr 26 PTI Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC to submit a report on the fire that broke out at Bhalswa landfill in north Delhi within 24 hours officials saidSeveral videos of the incident showed the blaze engulfing the mountain of garbage sending a dense plume of smoke into the sky and exacerbating the already polluted air in nearby areasOn April 21 Rai had said the Delhi government will study a system installed in Mumbai to capture methane from the rotting waste and replicate it in the capital to prevent fires at landfillsThe Ghazipur landfill has seen three such fires since March 28The wet waste dumped in a landfill produces methane when it rots In hot weather conditions methane catches fire spontaneously and the blaze spreads as it feeds on combustible material like textiles and plastics PTI GVS RHL
