Shimla, Aug. 15 -- The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Hamirpur municipal corporation for failing to clear all legacy waste by June 30, 2025, and has directed the MC to submit atime-bound plan within two weeks.

The MC commissioner has assured the tribunal that they would clear the legacy waste within six months but failed to give a detailed plan. So the tribunal had now directed the MC commissioner to submit a time-bound plan within two weeks.

The directions come after around 10,000 metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste lies unattended at the designated site and MC failed to clear the waste despite earlier assurance. The case stems from an application filed by Rita Sharma and another petitioner, highlighting the environmental haz...