Ghazipur landfill
The Ghazipur landfill is one of four landfills in the city of Delhi . It opened in 1984.
Delhi produces 9000 tons of garbage a day, of which 2000 tons are dumped here in Ghazipur in East Delhi . In 2018, a total of 14 million tons of waste were stored at the landfill; its height was 65 m, its area 29 ha.
On November 1, 2017, a dump slide occurred in which two people were killed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://kwerfeldein.de/2018/08/15/christian-faesecke-2/
- ↑ joe / AFP: India: Garbage dump near New Delhi soon higher than the Taj Mahal. In: Spiegel Online . June 4, 2019, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/waste/ghazipur-landfill-collapse-is-a-result-of-years-of-inaction-58588
Coordinates: 28 ° 37 ′ 27.1 ″ N , 77 ° 19 ′ 39 ″ E