{"id":199412,"date":"2026-05-02T08:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=199412"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:44:05","slug":"delhis-waste-crisis-exposes-gap-between-smart-city-claims-and-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/05\/02\/delhis-waste-crisis-exposes-gap-between-smart-city-claims-and-reality.html","title":{"rendered":"Delhi\u2019s waste crisis exposes gap between \u2018Smart City\u2019 claims and reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Delhi: Concerns are being raised over the worsening waste management crisis in Delhi, with observers pointing to glaring gaps between official urban development claims and the city\u2019s ground realities.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, Delhi seems to have solved urban planning in its own unique way. Why manage waste when you can just keep piling it higher and call it a landmark?<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Ghazipur Landfill, the so-called \u201cMount Everest of Garbage.\u201d At 65 metres and still growing, it is probably the only peak in the region seeing consistent upward progress. Tourists might soon need trekking gear instead of city maps.<\/p>\n

Nearly 13,000 tonnes of trash are generated every day, yet the system continues to behave as if this is a minor inconvenience. That, observers say, appears to be the actual waste management model.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the city runs on a permanent fragrance of decay. \u201cEau de Rot\u201d is not an exaggeration\u2014it has become the default atmosphere. Streets, landfills, and even the air seem to compete in offending the senses more effectively, raising serious questions about environmental governance and public health in the Indian capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: Concerns are being raised over the worsening waste management crisis in Delhi, with observers pointing to glaring gaps between official urban development claims and the city\u2019s ground realities. According to Kashmir Media Service, Delhi seems to have solved urban planning in its own unique way. Why manage waste when you can just keep …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":199413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Garb-delhi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199414,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199412\/revisions\/199414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}