Chandigarh, June 29 -- In yet another glaring example of mismanagement, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) has decided to restart the allotment process for the city's much-needed horticulture waste plant - a project billed as "urgent" but now mired in procedural lapses and political arguments.

The decision to reinitiate the tendering comes months after former mayor and senior BJP leader Anup Gupta flagged alleged irregularities in awarding the construction contract of the new horticulture waste plant. The project, aimed at easing the city's mounting horticulture waste crisis, was originally approved in December last year, but has been stalled since January this year, further delaying critical infrastructure in a city already grapp...