<span style="color: #222222;">Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, MoHUA, Secretary Manoj Joshi today chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the progress made in the remediation of the three legacy dumpsites in Okhla, Ghazipur, and Bhalswa in Delhi. Senior officials of various Ministries, organizations, and civic bodies were also present at the meeting.  <br />''<br />''During the meeting, all the MCDs were urged to step up their efforts to segregate waste at the source. It was further decided that MCDs and Delhi Development Authority, DDA, would jointly discuss and settle all land-related issues in order to facilitate the remediation process. For funding issues in this purpose, it was decided that Delhi Government would explore possibilities for considering the Green Cess Funds for transportation of excavated legacy waste. <br />''<br />''As an immediate follow-up, Delhi Government was requested to disburse the Central share of funds released by MoHUA to all MCDs, after adding the requisite UT share to the funds. MCDs were further requested to prepare detailed proposals for managing the fresh waste being generated daily and send the proposals to MoHUA with due approval of State Government, so as to ensure that no additional dumpsites are created.</span><br />