Deonar dumping ground: Difference between revisions

The '''Deonar dumping ground''' is a waste dumping ground or [[landfill]] in the city of [[Mumbai]]. Located in the city's [[Deonar]], an eastern suburb of the city, it is India's oldest and largest<ref>{{cite news|first=Shweta|last=Desai|place=Mumbai|date=3 November 2008|title=Deonar dump ready for Rs 5000-cr makeover|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/deonar-dump-ready-for-rs-5000cr-makeover/381165/|accessdate=26 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jawdekar|first=Prachi|title=Mumbai scam: Rs. 2600 crore for services that are free|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/mumbai-scam-rs-2600-crore-for-services-that-are-free-41901|accessdate=26 March 2012|newspaper=[[NDTV]]|date=5 August 2010}}</ref> dumping ground, set up in 1927.<ref>{{cite news|title=Activists withdraw PIL on dumping ground|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-28/mumbai/29353701_1_scientific-closure-deonar-solid-waste-management|accessdate=23 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=dna1/><ref name=mirror1/><ref>{{cite news|title=BMC in the dock over toxic gases at Deonar dump|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-26/mumbai/27922067_1_deonar-bmc-smoke-affected-residents-forum|accessdate=24 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 November 2008|place=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sayed|first=Nazia|title=Gang attacks deonar docs|url=http://m.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=2&contentid=2009120820091208031522107c1c12665|accessdate=24 March 2012|newspaper=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|date=8 December 2009|place=Mumbai}}</ref> The dumping ground is managed by the city's civic body, [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] (also known as Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai), which also manages two other dumping ground in the city; one in the neighbourhood of [[Mulund]] and one recently opened in [[Kanjurmarg]].