Mayapuri district, located in the West of the city of New Delhi, is the industrial area with the highest concentration of vehicles and metals recycling centers of India.
All vehicles that are more than 15 years old have to be sent to scrap dealers for dismantling, according to the “Delhi Scrapping of Vehicles Rules”—also known as the “end of vehicle life” policy that was announced earlier this year.
The reusable parts are purchased by shopkeepers and buyers who come from all over India, who then sell them in second-hand parts markets. Scrap like copper wires, plastics, and small metals are taken by scrap dealers. Many traders from all over India come here to sell or purchase old auto parts. Many small workshops specialised in different metals are active in the Mayapuri area.
The scrap is then pressed into bales which travel to other parts of the country like Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal and Haryana for further processing in furnaces. Furnaces melt the scrap at temperatures around 1650 degrees Celsius and convert them into pig iron. Pig iron then can take any shape. The cycle has now been completed. A truck or a vehicle is now recycled.
On April 13, a team of government officials, police and paramilitary personnel, came under attack from local scrap dealers while conducting a sealing drive on polluting units in west Delhi’s Mayapuri. The incident triggered a political blame-game and the exercise was put on hold after the High Court directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee not to take any coercive action against the scrap units till April 26.
The junkyard has supported hundreds of lives for decades. But even as Mayapuri continues to run as an unorganized market that has helped rid tons of Delhi’s vehicular waste, many shopkeepers fear that changing government policies and entry of bigger players into the market are making their business less sustainable.
Every day, vehicles are brought to Mayapuri’s muddy lanes to be dismantled. Almost 90 percent of vehicles parts are turned to scrap, while the remaining ones may be refurbished. The process often starts at dawn before the shops open for the day.
India recycles 20-25% of its metal waste which is way too insufficient for its requirements. An unorganized industry, it runs in the hands of private players with little intervention or help from the government.
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