MCD removes dump yard in Kirari, builds library at its site

Civic authorities here have built an air-conditioned library equipped with WiFi Internet connection on a site that earlier served as a municipal dumping yard, officials said on Sunday.

The 'dhalo' (dumping yard) was located in ward number 41 in Kirari.

The AAP-led MCD has removed the 'dhalo' and built a library in that place, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi said.

Thirty-six people can be accommodated in this library which has air-conditioning and WiFi Internet connection facilities, the mayor's office said in a statement, adding there is a plan to build a multi-storey structure there In a post on X after inaugurating the facility, Mayor Oberoi said the civic body under the guidance of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was committed to making Delhi garbage-free.