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Delhi Mayor Pravesh Wahi connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) said the MCD aims to wide the Bhalswa and Okhla landfill sites by extremity of this year, portion implicit remediation of the Ghazipur landfill volition reason by extremity of 2027.
In an interrogation with PTI, the Mayor elaborated connected flattening Delhi's garbage mounds, portion besides outlining plans connected sanitation, stray carnal management, desilting works and gross generation.
Mr. Wahi said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is moving continuously connected biomining and remediation of the 3 bequest discarded sites.
"Our people is to decorativeness Bhalswa and Okhla by the extremity of this year. Work connected Ghazipur is besides progressing and our people is to implicit it by extremity of 2027," helium said.
He said machinery was being installed for the process and enactment would beryllium expedited erstwhile installation is complete.
On the contented of stray animals, including dogs and monkeys, Mr. Wahi said the civic assemblage was acting successful accordance with Supreme Court directions and was focusing connected sterilisation drives and anti-rabies vaccination.
"Sterilisation is being carried retired each day. The concern has already improved a batch and we anticipation determination volition beryllium much power successful the coming days," helium said.
He said escaped anti-rabies vaccination was disposable successful respective MCD hospitals, citing arrangements astatine Swami Dayanand Hospital, and added that enactment connected modern canine shelters, including the projected kennel successful Dwarka, was underway.
On monsoon preparedness, the Mayor said astir 70% desilting of drains nether the civic assemblage had been completed.
"Lakhs of tonnes of silt person been removed from drains crossed Delhi. Modern machines are being used, and the corp is moving hard to wholly cleanable smaller drains," helium said.
Mr. Wahi besides referred to a cattle dung-based biogas works that is expected to statesman operations by July.
"We person issued strict instructions for the works to commencement wrong July. This works volition process 200 tonnes of cattle dung to make gas," helium said, adding that specified projects would assistance trim discarded entering drains and easiness desilting efforts.
Addressing concerns implicit delayed textbook organisation successful MCD schools, Mr. Wahi said books would scope each students earlier the summertime abrogation ends.
"There were immoderate complaints regarding classes 4 and 5 textbooks, which were delayed. Instructions person been issued and books volition scope each students earlier the holidays end," helium said.
He added that azygous assistance funds had already been transferred straight to parents' accounts.
"In 1 click, crores person reached the accounts of parents of lakhs of children," helium said.
On sanitation complaints from crossed the city, Mr. Wahi said MCD officials had been instructed to amended conditions for sanitation workers and guarantee they had capable equipment.
"They should person each the required tools and facilities. There is already a batch of betterment from earlier times and further advancement volition beryllium disposable successful the coming days," helium said.
Asked astir the civic body's estimated fiscal shortage of astir ₹15,000 crore, Wahi said MCD would absorption connected expanding gross done parking fees, location taxation and spot taxation collections, portion plugging leakages.
"We volition decidedly treble the gross of the municipality. Wherever determination is leakage, we volition destruct that," helium said.
He besides appealed to residents to cooperate by segregating discarded and paying taxes regularly.
On his contiguous priorities arsenic Mayor, Mr. Wahi said improving wellness services, sanitation and cleanliness stay cardinal to his agenda.
"Delhi was erstwhile ranked 92nd among cities successful presumption of cleanliness, and has present risen to 32nd. We privation Delhi to participate the apical 10 adjacent year," helium said, adding that the corp was receiving enactment from Delhi Government to execute the target.
