Furthermore, the processing plant at the site remains closed due to a legal dispute between the MC and the private firm A2Z. Consequently, not a single ton of waste in Ludhiana is being processed.
For spreading awareness among the masses regarding reduce, reuse or recycle old or used items under the ‘Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Shehar’ campaign, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has initiated a plethora of awareness activities across the city.
The fire department said that at least five fire tenders were deputed on the spot and they were trying to douse the flames by making multiple rounds and re-filling the tenders.
The fire broke out at the garbage landfill site near Kakka village, late on Tuesday. More than 21 lakh MT of legacy waste is lying unprocessed at the dumping ground spread over 50 acres.