A major fire that broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in the National Capital on the evening of April 21 continues to rage on and efforts is currently underway to douse the fire.#WATCH | Smoke continues to billow from Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi where a fire broke last evening.Delhi Fire Services say that the fire was caused due to the gas produced in the landfill. No casualty reported.(Visuals shot at 7:15 am) pic.twitter.com/5aZNtzMWbU— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2024One of the residents complained of breathing issues and alleged of adminstrations negligence for the massive fire. #WATCH | Smoke continues to billow from Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi where a fire broke last evening.Delhi Fire Services say that the fire was caused due to the gas produced in the landfill. No casualties reported.(Drone visuals shot at 7:30 am) pic.twitter.com/osnsjcIl2T— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2024Efforts underway to control massive fireHowever, Delhi Fire and MCD teams remained busy extinguishing the fire till late evening. According to the latest updates, the fire at the landfill site has not subsided. Efforts are being made to extinguish the fire. Delhi Fire Service SO Naresh Kumar said that the fire was caused by gas generated in the landfill. However, there is no casualties reported till now.According to information received from Delhi Fire, a call was received about fire in Ghazipur landfill site around 5:22 pm on Sunday evening. As soon as the information was received, four fire brigade vehicles were sent to the spot. From the part of the landfill site where the fire broke out, fire engines were facing a lot of difficulty in delivering water to the fire. Political blame-game on between BJP and AAPA political tussle between the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) began as soon as the fire was reported. Delhi BJP leader Ashish Sood has targeted the Delhi government over the fire in the Ghazipur garbage mountain. He has said that Delhi is in the grip of fire and poisonous smoke. He has held the Aam Aadmi Party government responsible for this. This situation has arisen due to the inaction of the government.आग और ज़हरीले धुए के चपेट में दिल्ली !जब राजा हो भ्रष्ट, तो जनता होगी त्रस्त!गाज़ीपुर का गुनहेगार कपूत केजरीवाल#aapexposed #CorruptKejriwal #arvindkejriwalaarrested #AAP @JPNadda @blsanthosh pic.twitter.com/dpg8IQthFs— Ashish Sood (Modi Ka Parivar) (@ashishsood_bjp) April 21, 2024Apart from him, BJP leader Kapil Mishra also criticized CM Kejriwal and said Delhi CM fought MCD elections by showing the photo of this Ghazipur landfill. दिल्ली के गाजीपुर लैंडफिल में भयानक आग लगी हुई हैविषैला धुआं हवाओं में घुल रहा हैइसी गाजीपुर लैंडफिल की फोटो दिखा दिखाकर फ्रॉड अरविंद केजरीवाल ने MCD का चुनाव लडाये धुआं केजरीवाल के झूठों की तरह जहरीला है और अंतहीन है pic.twitter.com/nxXxTgjkHi— Kapil Mishra (Modi Ka Pariwar) (@KapilMishra_IND) April 21, 2024Unfulfilled promises Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had promised to clear this landfill site by December 31 last year, before the 2022 MCD elections. However, the height of the landfill has since increased not decreased.
