BJP against AAP: Delhi’s Mishandling of Its Landfills in the Ghazipur Landfill Fire
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have accused the Aam Aadmi Party-led MCD of criminal negligence after a significant fire broke out in the Ghazipur garbage region in the nation’s capital.
As firemen worked to contain the fire on Sunday night, plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Ghazipur dumping yard. The authorities have identified the fire’s cause as the impact and dry weather. Authorities said that the fire was put out during the night after the fire fighters were sent to the scene. ANI’s last images seem to indicate that smoke is still flowing from the waste site on Monday morning.
According to Delhi incident Services, the landfill’s gas production was the source of the incident. There are no casualties listed.
BJP’s Criminal Ignorance in the AAP
In response to the tragedy, the BJP attacked the AAP harshly, accusing the AAP-led MCD of criminal negligence. Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shakar Kapoor said, “The fire at the Ghazipur landfill site and the resulting pollution are responsible for Arvind Kejriwal-led MCD’s criminal negligence.”
BJP leader Kapil Mishra blamed the event on the AAP as well. “Fraud Arvind Kejriwal used this picture of a dump in Ghazipur to campaign in the MCD elections. In a video that was uploaded on X, he said, “This smoke is endless and as poisonous as Kejriwal’s lies.”
दिल्ली के कामीपुर हैंॡफिह में भयामक आग लॗी हुह हो
हवाटं में घुल रहा है
इसी गाजीपुर लैंडफिल की फोटो दिखाकर फ्रॉड अरवोंद अेवीड अरविंद केटाीवाल ने MCD का चुनाव ल्ा
ये धुआं केजरीवाल के झूठों की तरह जहरीला है और अंतोीन है pic.twitter.com/nxXxTgjkHi
Ghazipur Landfill: An Issue with Pollution?
In the next Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is probably going to bring up the matter, particularly in the local communities. The leader of the opposition in the MCD, Raja Iqbal Singh, and a group from the Delhi branch of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be visiting the Ghazipur garbage site and may hold a protest against the AAP over it.
We were coughing because of the smoke and experiencing throat discomfort. Pollution was created by this fire. “This is hurting everyone,” a local girl said. Locals said that the smoke had made it harder to see. “It was difficult to see the region when I got up today. I was having trouble breathing. I could feel a sting in my eyes. There will be more flames when the temperature rises. “This problem is not being resolved by the government,” a different resident told news agency ANI.
The three landfills in Delhi have long been a source of controversy. Everyone from the AAP to Gautam Gambhir, the MP for East Delhi for the BJP, has said that things would be better by 2024 since rubbish is being handled there every day. People are still forced to live next to a massive pile of trash, breathe in hazardous gases like carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, and drink tainted water.
Why is Delhi unable to handle its “landfills”?
Reportedly, the ground water that the people of Ghazipur and Okhla are compelled to drink has sometimes been contaminated by the rubbish dumpyard. In Delhi, there are three landfills: Okhla, Bhalswa, and Ghazipur.
The Delhi government put the Ghazipur landfill into service in 1984, and by 2022, it had reached its capacity. Because of the summertime heat and the gases generated by the landfills, fires at Delhi’s main dumping grounds are nothing new. In 2022, three fire incidents were recorded at the landfill in Ghazipur, one of which occurred on March 28 and was extinguished after more than 50 hours. In June 2023, there was a reported fire at the dump located in Ghazipur.
In 2019, the Qutub Minar was eight meters higher than the Ghazipur dump, which stood at 65 meters. Two people were killed in 2017 when some of the trash from the dumping yard fell into a nearby road. Waste sorting and appropriate disposal are almost impossible due to landfills. The residents who live next to the landfills continue to wait for development even though the government plans to clean up the dump sites via biomining—excavating garbage from landfills, sorting it, treating it, and then recovering the landfill area.
