The government has now tightened up to remove the garbage mountains of Ghazipur, Bhalwa and Okhla, which has been a big problem in Delhi for a long time. On this issue, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta held an important meeting with Mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh and corporation officials. In this high level meeting, 13 major points were discussed, with the main focus on the lightning of the garbage and cleaning of landfill sites.

Cleaning target by 2026

It was decided in the meeting that the garbage mountains in Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla will be completely cleaned before the scheduled deadline of 2026. For this, the capacity of biomming has been increased from July 2025 to 25,000 tonnes per day (TPD) to 30,000 TPD. This will speed up the speed of garbage removal.

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta directed that when the landfill site is completely cleared, one-third of that land should be used for public interest work like school, hospital and sports complex. Future waste processing facilities will be constructed on the rest of the land, so that the problem of waste will not increase further.

West-to-Energy plant gets approval

Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said that the vest-to-energy plant with 3,000 TPD capacity in Narela-Bawana has now been approved. At the same time, work has started on the plan to set up a new waste-to-energy plant in Ghazipur, for which the tender process has been started. Apart from this, the approval has also been received from the Union Ministry of Urban Ministry for VIITITITE Gap Funding.

CBG plant will open in Ghogha Dairy on 15 August

A new CBG (compressed biogas) plant with 100 TPD capacity in Ghogha Dairy will be launched on 15 August 2025. This will enable better management of wet waste. The government is working on a plan to set up more biogas plants for dairy waste.

Deputy Chairman Jai Bhagwan Yadav, Leader Sadan Pravesh Wahi, Standing Committee Chairman Satya Sharma, Vice President Sundar Singh, Corporation Commissioner Ashwani Kumar, Additional Commissioner Jitendra Yadav and other senior officials were involved in this meeting.

User Charge Latest News: There is news of great relief for Delhiites today. Users surcharge for disposal of garbage has been stopped with immediate effect. Along with this, a new settlement plan has also been announced for payment of property tax. This decision was taken by Delhi Mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh in the presence of Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva.

Why did the surcharge oppose?

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had implemented this surcharge in the budget of 2025-26 without any discussion or advice. This became the biggest reason for its opposition. Several Resident Welfare Association (RWA), traders and industry organizations of Delhi justified this surcharge. He said that neither its amount was appropriate nor the process of implementing it was correct. Sachdeva said that the system of garbage management in some colonies is not good, yet surcharge was imposed. Not only this, it was also implemented on those who claim zero waste.

Legal flaws also exposed

Sachdeva said that the AAP in a hurry implemented this surcharge under the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, but the necessary procedure was not followed. Neither cleanliness committees were formed, nor is there any provision of this surcharge in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Act 1957. In such a situation, it was necessary to complete the legal process before implementing it.

The mayor listened to the public present in the meeting
Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh announced to stop recovering surcharge on the suggestions and advice of Sachdeva at the RWA meeting. He said, “The AAP had imposed this charge without thinking. Now it is being stopped. Tomorrow a proposal will be brought in the meeting of the Municipal Corporation so that such a charge will not be taken in future. The mayor also promised that soon the people will be taken opinion by calling meetings at the regional level.

Relief in property tax to the people of Delhi

Sachdeva had demanded exemption from the mayor for payment of property tax, which was accepted by the mayor. Now a new house tax amnesty scheme will come, in which no interest or penalty will have to be paid for depositing the last 5 years tax. After depositing the tax, taxpayers will also get a no objection certificate (NOC). Sachdeva said that especially people of lower income groups were upset due to outstanding tax and fine. This scheme will bring great relief for them.

RWA representatives made many suggestions

In the meeting, RWA representatives like Suresh Bindal, Atul Goyal, Saurabh Gandhi and others gave their suggestions. These suggestions have been noted. The mayor said that after considering these, steps will be taken soon.

This decision has brought a sigh of relief for the people of Delhi. Now everyone’s eyes are on what steps the Municipal Corporation takes further on this issue and how the complaints of the people are resolved.

Delhi mcd mayor election: The new Mayor of Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) became Raja Iqbal Singh of BJP. After being elected mayor, he thanked the top leadership of the party in his first response. He announced to finish the users charge.

Talking to the media, the new Mayor of Delhi Municipal Corporation, Raja Iqbal Singh, said, “The top leadership of the party thanks Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and all corporation councilors, MLAs, MPs.” Today I got a chance to serve. In the last two and a half years, the plight under the leadership of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the corporation, we will try to improve the public within three months.

Mayor’s priorities?

He said, cleaning in Delhi, removing the mountain of garbage, solving the problem of waterlogging before the upcoming monsoon will be a priority. By working with the Delhi government in these areas, we will try that the public does not have any kind of problem. The condition of the parks has been bad for the last two and a half years, it will be our endeavor to be green. We will take Delhi towards greenery. Will eliminate corruption within the corporation.

East Aam Aadmi Party targeted government

Taking a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party government of the former, he said, ‘AAP’ has cheated the people of Delhi by meeting the big officials. He has shown his double character. We will end users charge. The level of education within the corporation has reduced, we will motivate teachers and give children scholarship, dress money on time, so that children can study well.

With Raja Iqbal becoming the mayor, now the ‘triple engine’ government of BJP has occupied the national capital Delhi. There is already a BJP government in the Center and the Assembly. Now the BJP’s seat has also been occupied by the BJP. The BJP won all seven seats in Delhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the assembly elections held in February this year, he also won the government under the leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and won an absolute majority.