Faridabad Citizens vs Waste Treatment Plant

The Municipal Corporation (MC) of Faridabad’s decision to establish waste segregation and
processing centers at the local level caused dissatisfaction among residents. Residents of
Riwazpur village has decided not to allow the authorities to set up a landfill close to the
village, so the latter is seeking cooperation.
This is the district’s third such protest in the last year. Following the NGT’s ban on dumping
garbage at the existing Bandhwari village site, the MC announced that it would set up a
dumping station in each of the six Assembly segments for waste processing.
We have decided not to allow the establishment of a waste dumping yard near the village at
any cost, said Nahar Singh Chauhan, an organizer of today’s panchayat. Residents of nearby
villages such as Sherpur, Dadasiya, Khanpur, and Dhadhar, he claims, are also outraged by
the decision because the site is only 700 meters away from residential areas.
According to Mala Chauhan, a resident, the waste plant will cause pollution and diseases
such as cancer, as well as affecting the drinking water of over 20 Ranney wells.
According to Paras Bhardwaj, coordinator of the NGO Save Faridabad, while a consensus
among the villagers is critical, the authority’s hard stance has made the situation critical.
While alternative sites in Lalpur and Chandpur villages have been suggested, he claims that
undue pressure is being applied to end the protest through the Police Department. The area’s
ACP met with the protesters and appealed for peace to be maintained until the problem was
resolved.
Previously, the MCF had to abandon plans to establish a similar facility in Sector 74 and
Sotai village. A similar protest had recently emerged in Pali village. The MC’s assurance that
the dumping site project would be temporary for 15 months did not appease the villagers. In a
2020 order, the NGT imposed a Rs 100 crore fine on the civic bodies of Faridabad and
Gurugram if waste dumping at Bandhwari was not stopped by June 30. The waste dumped
here will be removed and processed to make way for a waste-to-energy power plant, which
was announced in 2017.

-Mayank Singh

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