Workers Clean Clogged Drains In Delhi Ahead Of Monsoon, New Delhi, India - 01 Jul 2024
Workers clean the drain near Maharani Bagh, on July 1, 2024 in New Delhi, India. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav attributed the waterlogging in Delhi following torrential rains on Friday morning to drains being clogged with plastic waste. The Capital currently generates over 1,100 tonnes per day (TPD) of plastic waste, but only around 870 TPD is being recycled or managed, leaving a gap of 242 TPD, or 22 percent of Delhi's plastic waste load which ends up either in drains, at landfill or finding its way to the Yamuna, the latest data shows. Delhi Government is unable to implement ban on single use plastic.