Overview
- Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited Navjeevan Vihar on Tuesday and directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to encourage other Resident Welfare Associations to adopt the colony’s zero‑waste system.
- Navjeevan Vihar has run a decentralized model for nearly eight years that relies on household segregation, a Reduce‑Reuse‑Recycle centre and Aerobin aerobic composting and says it has kept more than 10 lakh kilograms of waste out of city landfills.
- The LG asked the MCD to explore dedicated funding mechanisms and to systematically tap Corporate Social Responsibility funds to build infrastructure in less affluent and unauthorised colonies.
- Officials and residents say the main barriers to scaling are steady financing, space for RRR centres and compost units, and long‑term behaviour change among households and sanitation workers.
- City officials see replication as a practical way to cut inflows to Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla landfills and to align Delhi’s waste handling with national circular‑economy goals such as Mission LiFE and Waste to Wealth.