New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has summoned senior officers of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC in connection with the fire that broke out at the Ghazipur landfill a day ago officials said on ThursdayRai will also chair a joint meeting of experts on Thursday afternoon to find out a technological solution to the problem of fires at landfill sitesA massive fire erupted at the Ghazipur landfill site on Wednesday the third such incident since March 28 sending a dense plume of smoke into the sky and exacerbating the already polluted air in nearby areasThe minister has summoned senior officials of the EDMC over repeated incidents of fire at the Ghazipur landfill an official saidLast year the authorities reported four incidents of fire at the Ghazipur landfill In 2017 a large part of it broke away crashing onto a road and killing two peopleCommissioned in 1984 the Ghazipur landfill site is spread across 70 acres In 2019 the garbage dump site had grown 65 metres highThe Delhi Pollution Control Committee had imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the EDMC after a fire erupted at the landfill on March 28 PTI GVS IJT
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