Ludhiana, May 3 -- Despite an incomplete legacy waste remediation project and mounting environmental concerns, the municipal corporation (MC) has awarded a fresh contract to the same contractor for bioremediation work at the Tajpur Road dumpsite.

The new tender, issued in February, covers 19.62 lakh metric tonnes of waste but remains stalled due to infrastructural delays.

The contractor had previously been assigned the first phase of the project in November 2022, aimed at clearing 5 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at an estimated cost of Rs.27.17 crore. However, over three years later, the project remains unfinished.

The current situation at the site has revealed discrepancies in the contractor's claims. While site supervisor Gurpre...