India, Nov. 26 -- A leachate treatment plant (LTP) at southeast Delhi's Tehkhand landfill has remained defunct for atleast five months after key components werestolen, senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials said on Tuesday.

The civic body inaugurated the Tehkhand Engineered Sanitary Landfill Facility (E-SLF) in March last year, positioned next to the overburdened Okhla landfill, to ensure scientific disposal of burnt waste received from waste-to-energy (WtE) plants.

An official said it might take more than Rs.2 crore to procure parts and re-operationalise the plant.

The USP of the new facility was a storm-water drainage system, a leachate collection tank and a 100 KLD (kilolitre per day) LTP meant to safely treat contami...