Farrukhnagar waste treatment plant scrapped

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has decided to scrap its planned waste treatment plant that was supposed to come up at a landfill on the outskirts of Farrukhnagar. The move comes as a result of pressure from various quarters.

The civic body now has no place to treat Gurugram’s waste and operations at the Bandhwari landfill will continue, reports The Hindustan Times.

Last year, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had directed both the MCG and municipal corporation of Faridabad (MCF) to stop dumping waste at the overfilled Bandhwari landfill, which was leading to various environmental hazards. It also directed both to find an alternative site to temporarily dump their city’s waste, while treating the 2.8 million tonnes of waste at Bandhwari.

For this purpose, the MCG had, last year, identified a 25-acre plot at Chand Nagar Ki Dhani Road in Farrukhnagar, located around 30 kilometres from Gurugram, for processing city’s waste and the estimates for processing the waste were also duly approved by the Haryana government. The MCG had set up the necessary infrastructure at the site and was set to start treating the city’s waste from June-end.

However, almost soon after the announcement, residents of 20 villages located over 5 km from the site, as well as local political leaders, protested.

Officials said they are now looking at possible sites in neighbouring cities.

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