India, Oct. 27 -- A city-based private environmental upliftment trust has accused the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) of allowing illegal dumping and open burning of untreated waste from the Bandhwari landfill inside the protected Aravalli forest area, allegedly causing large-scale groundwater contamination and ecological damage.

According to the Save Aravali Trust, tonnes of waste are being secretly transported and set on fire in forest patches adjoining the Bandhwari site. Members alleged that the practice is being carried out with the tacit approval of civic officials, resulting in toxic leachate seeping into nearby water bodies and soil, polluting aquifers that supply water to surrounding villages and endangering wildlife hab...