India, Jan. 4 -- New Delhi

Even as the deadline for clearing the waste mounds in the national capital looms large, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is grappling with maintenance issues with its Ghazipur Waste to Energy (WtE) plant, which remained shut for 108 of 275 days from April to December 2025.

In a report filed with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), MCD stated that the Ghazipur plant remained non-operational for almost three months, from September 12 to December 5, due to maintenance issues, chimney-related works and curbs under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap).

Data from the MCD shows that the plant has operated way below its operational efficiency and capacity of handling 1,300 tonnes of waste every day due to mu...