Chandigarh, May 7 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Tuesday sought deadline from municipal corporation (MC), Chandigarh, on clearance of waste at Dadumajra dumping site.

During the hearing, the MC's counsel informed the court that of the estimated 2.40 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of legacy waste, 40,000 metric tonnes had already been removed. The remaining 2 LMT would be cleared by May 31, the counsel said, adding that three agencies are currently engaged in the process and the older dumps have been fully cleared. An Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant is proposed to be set up at the site thereafter, the MC added.

Responding to a query from the bench, the counsel assured the court that the proposed plant would be capable of ...