India, Jan. 29 -- Rampant illegal dumping of untreated domestic wastewater continues on vacant land parcels near residential societies in Manesar, triggering health and environmental concerns among residents, officials and locals, they said on Wednesday.

Residents said wastewater that is required to be transported to the water treatment plant (WTP) in Sector 6 is instead being dumped on barren plots across sectors 77, 78, 79, 80 and 82.

Mayank Chauhan, a resident of Godrej Homes in Sector 80, said that every day eight to ten tankers carrying water mixed with human waste, household chemicals and suspended solids are released into an empty plot near Rampura Chowk. "Despite repeated complaints to the civic bodies and their subsequent team ...