To reduce Bhandwari load, new recycling site planned at Farrukh Nagar

GURUGRAM: In order to reduce large deposits of garbage being dumped at the Bandhwari landfill site daily, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is planning to have a new waste recycling plant at Farrukh Nagar which lies on the outskirts of Gurugram city. On Sunday, the MCG Commissioner VP Singh spoke to officials from Farrukh

Nagar and discussed the plans of dumping and recycling of waste material generated from MCG areas.

“We have had constructive talks with officials from Farrukh Nagar on the plans of recycling the waste generated from municipal areas in Farrukh Nagar. We hope to incorporate new technology to recycle waste. We hope that in doing so, we will also be able to reduce a substantial amount of garbage that is being deposited in Bandhwari landfill site,” said VP Singh the Gurugram Municipal Commissioner.

As per the MCG officials, the move if implemented well can reduce the garbage at the Bandhwari landfill site that is created around the green belt of Aravalli.

The challenge of waste management in Gurugram can be gauged from the fact that in two years, only the daily production of garbage in the city has increased from 700 tonnes to 1200 tonnes. Moreover, the Bandhwari landfill is filled with 25 lakh tonnes of garbage.

The National Green Tribunal has sought answers on several occasions from the Municipal Corporations of Gurugram and Faridabad on the methods being used to reduce dumping at the Bandhwari landfill site. On a daily basis, 900 tonnes of waste from Gurugram and Faridabad is being deposited daily at the 30-acre landfill site. There are over 90 trucks that come daily and dump the garbage. Even during times of COVID-19, waste continues to be dumped at Bandhwari.

A major reason cited for a large number of people contracting the disease is the poisonous leachate created due to mounds of garbage piling at the site for five years. On the directions of the National Green

Tribunal, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had conducted the sample test of underground water in Bandhwari in September 2019.

The results proved to be a shocking revelation of how the water that was consumed could make any person extremely sick. Poisonous substances that included chlorides, nitrites, manganese and calcium were way above than even the unhealthy levels.