GODOWNS WITH ILLEGAL PLASTIC WASTE SEALED

NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Tuesday sealed four godowns that were illegally stocking plastic waste, including used biomedical equipment such as gloves, catheters, tubes and blood bags, at Shiv Vihar in west Delhi.

The corporation officials said these godowns were being operated by ragpickers and their coordinators in “non-confirming areas” as opposed to authorised markets in Delhi like Tikri Kalan.

“We have constituted teams at the zonal level comprising assistant commissioners, representatives of the revenue department, BSES and Delhi Police personnel to identify illegal godowns of plastic waste and shut them. This is on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT),” a senior officer from the SDMC said. The waste in these godowns will be sent to a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant for processing, he said.

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation distributed jute bags at a function in Ramesh Nagar on Monday evening. NEW DELHI: A 60-year-old woman has been arrested from south Delhi’s Tigri for allegedly selling heroin. Thirty six grams of the contraband has been recovered from her.

According to police, the woman claimed she had been selling drugs for a living after her four sons were jailed for their involvement in criminal cases.

Police were tracking the source of heroin. They said in all, there were 40 criminal cases against her family members and they had all gone to jail separately at least 24 times. Deputy commissioner of police (south) Atul Thakur said they received information on Monday about a woman selling heroin.