NHRC seeks report on garbage dumps

National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday sought reports from the Centre, Delhi Government and three MCDs in connection with alleged environmental threat due to garbage dumps in the national capital. The notices were served to the Secretary, Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi and Commissioners of all the three Municipal Corporations in Delhi calling for reports within four weeks, a release by NHRC said. The notices were issued after the Commission took suo moto cognizance of a media report on the landfills’ threat to environmental health in Delhi. According to the media report, the three garbage dumps at Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalaswa in the National Capital Territory are monstrous trash mountains including hazardous waste causing grave threat to the environment.