India, March 7 -- New Delhi

Amid the spotlight on the Okhla, Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to expedite the biomining and flattening of a fourth waste mound in Singhola, where silt was dumped following drain clean-up.

A senior MCD official overseeing the project said the Singhola mound is likely to be flattened by May.

"We started with around seven lakh (700,000) tonnes of legacy waste on Singhola and around 40% of the waste has been removed. Around 7,000 tonnes of waste is being biomined and cleared every day, and the entire process will be completed by May," the official, not wishing to be named, said.

Officials said the civic body has an expenditure sanction of Rs.70.4 cror...