Aafrin Kidwai 
With the local municipal corporation (MC) continuing to dump the city’s daily garbage on the vacant land in Phase 8B, Industrial Area, the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the MC commissioner to be present in court on April 15, the next date of hearing into the shifting of the dumping site.
The illegal dumping has become a bane of residents living hardly 50 metres from the dump, with foul smell and mosquitoes becoming a permanent feature of the area. The petition remained pending for several years before the court summoned various senior officials.
The Hindustan Times reports there have been several delays in the establishment of a solid waste management facility in Samgauli and waste is still being discarded at informal dumping sites.
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