The BMC on Tuesday told the Bombay high court that it would shut down Mulund dumping ground as it has reached its maximum capacity and waste can no longer be dumped there.
The division bench headed by Justice Abhay S. Oka however, granted a week’s time to the municipal corporation after it said that they are seeking extensions for Deonar and Kanjurmarg dumping ground.
The high court granted time to the civic body as it informed the court that the municipal commissioner and officers of urban development department (UDD) would be meeting this week to discuss on the dumping grounds issue.
The court was hearing a bunch of petitions dealing with garbage disposal issues in various corporations and council areas. The judges, at an earlier hearing, had clubbed all matters together and said they would pass individual orders.
Earlier, the court had rapped the BMC for setting up a low-capacity solid waste management plant when the court was informed that nearly 4,000 metric tonnes of garbage is collected daily at the Mulund dump and the BMC had set up a plant with capacity to handle only 500 metric tonnes.
The petitioners had told the court that the BMC neither follows the solid waste management rules nor pollution control norms. Also, many toxic gases are emitted fromthe dumping ground, which does not have the clearance of the ministry of environment and forests.
