A number of civil society organisations and city residents on Saturday took out a march to protest the alleged failure of authorities to shut down a waste-to-energy plant in Okhla.
‘Toxic emissions’
They said toxic emissions from the plant were polluting the area. The protesters said the Okhla plant is situated in a densely populated part of south Delhi.
The incinerator is close to Sukhdev Vihar, Ishwar Nagar, New Friends Colony, Jasola, Sarita Vihar, Haji Colony and Ghaffar Manzil.
They said a joint panel of the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee had told the Supreme Court in September 2018 that the plants at Okhla, Ghazipur and Narela-Bawana were not complying with the emission standards.
The residents also claimed thatthe operator of the plant was seeking to increase its capacity from 16 megawatts to 20 megawatts.