DDA 'declined' proposal for solid waste management site in

Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly and DDA member Vijender Gupta today claimed that the urban body has declined the proposal for setting up a solid waste management facility in Maidan Gari area in south Delhi.

In a statement, Gupta said the South Delhi Municipal Corporation's proposal for setting up the facility near IGNOU campus, was rejected, because the proposed site was "near a heavily built-up area".

"It is near the IGNOU campus, the proposed South Asian University campus, the Asola Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary and the DDA's proposed Tilpat Valley Biodiversity Park; water bodies, catchment and water recharged areas of water sources, an old and famous religious place and air tunnel of Palam Airport," Gupta said in the statement.

However, senior DDA officials, when contacted, could not immediately confirm the claim.

Gupta further said residents of nearby villages have been "opposing the establishment of the facility at the proposed site, since long".

"The DDA, upon considering the demand of the villagers and residents, had constituted a board of inquiry...on December last year.

"The inquiry board after going through the ground realities and representation by people opposing the solid waste management plant at the proposed site, recommended in its report to the DDA, for rejection of the proposal," Gupta said, adding he was part of the board of inquiry.

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