Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Delhi government ministers inspect Bhalswa landfill site which can reach heights of up to 200 feet - Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times ...

Delhi generates more than 12,000 tonnes of garbage every day; the people who keep the city functioning remain largely ...

Every year, Delhi hosts thousands of religious gatherings, political rallies, cultural festivals, trade fairs and weddings ...

As the capital continues to face a structural challenge in terms of its waste management capabilities despite huge plans of infrastructure expansion, ...

India's tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi is on course to rise higher than the Taj Mahal in the next year, becoming a fetid symbol for what the UN considers the world's most polluted capital.

Delhi Minister Ashish Sood inspected the Ghazipur landfill, reviewing biomining progress. He issued directives to accelerate daily processing to 12,000 metric tonnes and tackle bottlenecks to ...

NEW DELHI — India’s capital choked on toxic fumes Tuesday, as a thick and pungent haze spread from a fire at a towering trash dump, the latest in a series of landfill blazes that authorities have ...

GHAZIPUR, India — Huddled in a stinky, airless room near the center of India’s capital, Rammurti fumed over the 17-story-high mountain of trash half a mile from her home. The 43-year-old mother, who ...