India, April 25 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday reprimanded the Municipal Corporations of Gurugram and Faridabad for their failure to manage the mounting legacy waste at the Bandhwari landfill. The environmental watchdog, during its hearing on April 15, observed with concern that despite prior affidavits and claims of progress, the total quantity of unprocessed waste has increased at the site instead of decreasing.

The bench, comprising Justice Prakash Shrivastava (chairperson), Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Dr A Senthil Vel (expert member), was hearing two ongoing cases- Poonam Yadav vs Ecogreen Energy Pvt Ltd & Ors and Vivek Kamboj vs Union of India & Ors. The cases concern longstanding mismanagement of municipal solid wa...