India, April 16 -- A fresh row has erupted over the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram's (MCG) claim before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that a high-density polyethylene (HDPE)-lined garland drain has been constructed around the Bandhwari landfill to control leachate flow. Environmentalists have challenged the affidavit, accusing the civic body of misleading the tribunal and threatening to file a perjury application.

In an affidavit submitted on Tuesday by MCG additional commissioner Mahabir Parsad during an ongoing case concerning waste management at the landfill, the civic body asserted that the drain had been laid along the landfill's boundary in March , last year to collect and control the toxic leachate and prevent its discharge...