The Mulund dumping ground is all set to be shut, with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board granting an no objection certificate.
In June 2018, the BMC appointed a consortium of Prakash Constrowell Ltd, Infotech International Ltd and EB Enviro Biotech Pvt Ltd to process the waste at the dump using the latest technology for Rs 731 crore.
The process was supposed to start from October 1, after BMC's work order. The local residents celebrated the move, but the ground continued to be used in the absence of an NOC.
Vishwas Shankarwar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner of solid waste management department of BMC, said that the contractor was in process to get NOC from MPCB. Now the MPCB has given permission to carry the process. So the work will start soon. "As per the conditions put up by the MPCB, the civic body will have to submit a disaster management plan for the landfill and the areas around it, prior to the commencement of work at the site," said an officer.
The closure of Mulund dumping ground will take place in phases over the next six years. In the first year the construction work will start and in the next five years, the garbage will be processed. Mulund is the second largest dumping ground of the city.
