Srinagar, July 15 -- A detailed action plan was submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Promises were made: a non-functional leachate treatment plant would be revived, the nauseating odour would be neutralized, and dangerous legacy waste would be treated using scientific methods.

Four months later, those promises lie in the same place as the landfill's garbage: untouched, decomposing, and dangerous.

I've been visiting and documenting the Achan landfill for years. The latest images and videos I obtained just days ago reveal the same horrifying truth I've seen repeatedly: untreated leachate continues to leak from the mountain of waste and is being pumped directly into nearby agricultural land, wetland areas, and into a drain leadi...