In 2016, the Supreme Court had compared the height of garbage dumps with that of Qutab Minar. Earlier this year, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal had visited the capital’s largest landfill site at Bhalswa and had directed the municipal corporation to use modern technology to manage solid waste. Landfills, experts say, should be the last option for waste management and recycling is the only way to reduce the trash load sent to the dump sites. The green body noted that Delhi generated nearly 14,100 metric tonnes of garbage per day but lacks the infrastructure and appropriate technology to deal with it. The tribunal had last year constituted a committee to look into the working of waste-to-energy plants in the national capital. It had also asked Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi Pollution Control Committee to approach the Delhi government to provide more landfill sites in the city and maintain them strictly in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016. It also directed the Delhi government to submit a report on the status of cleaning the major drains which join river Yamuna.