Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Chanakyapuri Neighbourhood Takes a Different Route to Zero Waste
More than 300 homes in a Chanakyapuri neighbourhood handle their waste in a special way.
Three workers collect the waste each morning.
They serve two residential blocks and nearby officers’ flats.
The collection begins at about 6:30 a.m.
The workers put different kinds of waste into separate parts of a bicycle cart.
They finish collecting by around 11 a.m.
Then they take the waste to a Material Recovery Facility.
This facility is about 1.5 kilometres away and is run by the New Delhi Municipal Council.
The process gives this neighbourhood a different route from the usual journey toward dumpsites.
Waste from more than 300 homes in Chanakyapuri follows a separate collection and recovery process.
Three collectors hired by the D1 Block Residents’ Welfare Association begin collecting waste around 6:30 a.m.
The collectors serve the D1 and D2 residential blocks and Satya Sadan officers’ flats.
Waste is placed in separate compartments on a bicycle cart during collection.
After completing their rounds, collectors take the waste to a New Delhi Municipal Council Material Recovery Facility 1.5 kilometres away.
- Who
- More than 300 homes in Chanakyapuri, three garbage collectors, the D1 Block Residents’ Welfare Association, and the New Delhi Municipal Council.
- What
- The neighbourhood collects waste separately and sends it to a Material Recovery Facility.
- When
- Collection begins around 6:30 a.m. and the collectors finish their rounds around 11 a.m.
- Where
- The D1 and D2 residential blocks and Satya Sadan officers’ flats in Chanakyapuri; waste is taken to a facility on Madhu Limaye Marg.
- Why
- To take the neighbourhood’s waste through a separate collection and recovery route instead of its usual journey toward dumpsites.
- Homes covered
- More than 300
- Collectors
- Three garbage collectors
- Collection start
- Around 6:30 a.m.
- Collection ends
- Around 11 a.m.
- Service area
- D1 and D2 residential blocks and Satya Sadan officers’ flats
- Recovery facility
- New Delhi Municipal Council Material Recovery Facility
- Distance to facility
- 1.5 kilometres