Fire at Ghazipur landfill controlled after 36 hours, but problem far from solved

On Sunday evening, a fire broke out at east Delhi's Ghazipur landfill. It took nearly 36 hours for the fire to be doused. This has become a regular occurrence across the city's landfills. Fire officials said that gases from the garbage dumpster reacts with the high heat to spark large fires, which often lasts for days. Despite its recurrence, authorities have failed to find a solution for its control
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[@suhaspatil3084]

Short-term solutions: Provide masks for the citizens.
Long-term solu: stay away from materialism

[@AP-do6sv]

Black smoke is fine, kejriwal ji is giving free water and electricity, what else should a CM do? Delhi people have become greedy now they want issues also to be resolved.

[@sumamurthy3701]

Six months back I visited Delhi. While going to Noida I saw a mountain of garbage and thought what a resource for thermal energy! Why can't muncipalites or NTPC use this garbage to produce electricity instead of coal.
One should think to solve the urban problem not the blamegame.

[@agaiths1221]

Burning trash releases much more harmful gasses than burning coal. CO2 and other compounds in coal smoke are a problem on their own, but much much smaller than cancerous and toxic products of burning plastic and synthetic materials. And yes, electricity plants have chimneys, but sooner or later these particles, falling on fields and settling over cities would find their way into the lungs of people and causing them serious health problems. Saddly, the solution to this problem can't be as easy as just using the waste for electricity production.