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A CorrespondentSHILLONG: Meghalaya State Urban Affairs Minister Hamletson Dohling on Monday told the House that the government has taken steps to improve the dumping site at Marten. “A sanitary landfill site is an engineered disposal site for the rejects. The Urban Affairs Minister also pointed out that a layer of 300 mm coarse sand covers up the top. He also said that highly scientific way of transporting the waste to the landfill site is adopted where the vehicles coming into the landfill site are completely covered compactor vehicles that are non-polluting vehicles. “After the life span of eight years the landfill site is proposed to be covered up and reclaimed for plantations, parks etc., thereby creating a new landscape,” he said..