Slope Stability and Landfill Fire Management (Ghazipur Landfill) Workshop
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Slope Stability and Landfill Fire Management (Ghazipur Landfill) Workshop
The workshop was conducted in the East Delhi Municipal corporation (EDMC) headquarters, New Delhi on the 23rd of March 2018, focusing on slope stability and landfill fire management. The discussion started with existing situation of Ghazipur disposal site, reasons for slope failure and various post failure measures already undertaken by EDMC. Mr. James Law, SCS Engineers, shared that Ghazipur disposal site is listed amongst the International Solid Waste Association( ISWA’s) 50 largest landfill sites in the world that need closure, and ISWA is interested in assisting closure for these sites.
During the workshop, probable solutions for the Ghazipur disposal site were discussed.
