New Delhi, The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has extended the Bhalswa landfill clearance deadline for the sixth time, pushing it to February 2027 as over 10 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste remain to be cleared from the site, officials said on Saturday.
The MCD is also grappling with the continued arrival of fresh garbage at the sites. The civic body has submitted a revised action plan to the Delhi government, pushing Bhalswa’s deadline from December 2026 to February 2027, retaining December 2026 as the deadline for Okhla and December 2027 for Ghazipur, they said. He added that the previous contractor had been assigned the task of removing around 30 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste from the site. 10.77 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste remain at Bhalswa, while 104.40 lakh metric tonnes have been processed, according to the MCD’s latest figures. Around 5,858 tonnes of fresh waste are reaching the landfill sites every day, according to the civic body’s figures.
The delay is linked to the change of contractor responsible for processing and removing legacy waste from the Bhalswa landfill, officials said. “There has been a delay of two months due to logistical issues as the contract is being transferred to another contractor,” an official said. The MCD floated a fresh tender, following which another agency took over the work at revised rates, leading to the delay, officials said.
