Mulund Dumping Ground Closed from Monday
Mulund dumping ground, which was the second largest in the city, will be closed permanently from Monday. It received around 1,800 metric tonnes (MT) of garbage, which will now be routed to Deonar and Kanjurmarg dumping grounds.
Mulund dumping ground is spread over 24 hectares of land and has been in use since 1967. Around seven million cubic metres of waste, towering to 30 metres in height (mount garbage) has accumulated on the site. According to an official from SWM(Solid Waste Management) around seven million cubic metres of waste, towering to 30 metres in height has accumulated on the site.
In June 2018, the BMC appointed a consortium of Prakash Constrowell Ltd, Infotech International Ltd and EB Enviro Biotech Pvt Ltd to process waste at the Mulund dumping ground using technological means. “The Mulund dumping ground is filled with around 196 lakh MT tonnes of garbage and it will take six years to process this,” said the official. “Approximately 11,00,000 MT (16%) will be processed in the first year and subsequently, waste processing capacity will be increased. In the fifth and sixth year, around 123 lakh MT will be processed.” This will cost the BMC around Rs 731 crore.
SWM already identified two locations in Navi Mumbai at Airoli and Taloja as Kanjurmarg and Deonar dumping grounds are also nearing full capacity and cannot be used for long. “Land acquisition is under process over there,” said a senior official from BMC, adding, “Once the process is complete, dumping will begin there.
July 2018, Solid Waste Management Departement promised that from October 1, dumping of waste at Mulund will be stopped. A senior civic official from the Solid Waste Management department said, BMC issued a Letter of Intent to the contractor to start the work. The process of land reclamation includes biomining and systematic disposal of waste to some other location. Currently, Mulund gets 2,000 metric tons of waste daily. Once shut, this quantity will be diverted to Deonar and Kanjurmarg dumping grounds.”
