Gurgaon: Some of the fresh mounds of city waste have emerged outside the bandhwari waste processing plant in a stretch of 3 km in an ecologically sensitive Aravalis in Faridabad, showing spot visits by TOI on Wednesday.
While the corporation of the city of Gurgaon (MCG) said it would see this problem, the concession holder served with waste processing on the bandhwari website, Ecogreen Energy Pvt Ltd, when contacted, acknowledged this problem, added it had nothing to do with it.
Forestry department, meanwhile, passes money to MCG.
The arena where waste mounds have been protected by part 4 and 5 of the Punjab Land Protection Act (PLPA), 1,900, which prevent all non-forest activities in Indonesia wild wildlife zones.
However, local residents alleged that waste disposed of in open forest land every day.
“At least ten or more trucks dispose of municipal waste, construction and disassembly of waste and plastic here, every day, endangering wildlife, including Nilgai, Hedgehog, Golden Jackal, Peacock, Snake, etc.,” said Mukesh, a local village resident.
Ecogreen, while saying that garbage was disposed of in the area, shifting mistakes to the second company.
“Waste is thrown out of plant limits, and we try to manage the situation.
Trash has nothing to do with us; it is not ours.
Recently, MCG contracts the processing of waste to other companies.
We talk to the company, asking for it to delete Waste from forest areas, “said representatives of Ecogreen Sanjay Sharma told toi.
MCG, however, emphasizes that ecogreen is responsible for processing city waste.
“Ecogreen has a contract for city waste processing in Gurgaon.
And no one should throw garbage in the forest area.
We will investigate this problem and take appropriate action,” said Atri day, commissioner together, MCG.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Forestry said he would write to the MCG to eliminate waste.
“We will write to MCG to take action and remove waste from forest land,” said Raj Kumar, Farionmental Officer, Faridabad.environmental claimed that the bandhwari factory had polluted Aravali’s ground water For some time now and pose a threat to wildlife and residents in the nearest area.
“We have told the Civic’s body about the disposal of waste by ecogreen, but there has been no strict action on the company.
Only the amount of waste near the factory has increased for years , “said Vivek Camboup, an activist.” The disposal of waste in Aravalis raises a serious health hazard for residents in neighboring Gurgaon and Faridabad cities because these areas are at higher heights in terms of natural water drainage and refill groundwater .
It also destroys W.
Ildlife in the area, “said Vaishali Rana Chand RA, another activist.
According to the 2017 Wildlife Institute of India (WII) report, Aravalis is a critical leopard habitat, with more than 32 animals reported from wildlife corridors.
Last year, a survey by the Ministry of Wildlife has found that Ecogreen “intentionally” spilled thousands of Liters of Leaches from Bandhwari plants into holes in the Aravalis that are sensitive to the environment, resulting in contamination of the nearest village of five ground ground.