Gurugram generates approximately 1,100 to 1,600 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily, but effectively treats less than 25% of it, leading to critical crises across landfill overflows, toxic air pollution, and severe water contamination. This environmental emergency stems from rapid urbanization outstripping the city’s civic infrastructure. Via – https://www.givebacktogurugram.com/
Open Waste Burning: Gurugram recently recorded 399 winter waste-burning incidents in a single season—the highest in NCR Haryana—which cloaks residential sectors in toxic smoke –https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/haryanas-ncr-districts-ill-prepared-for-winter-pollution/
Toxic Leachate: Rainwater filtering through the unlined Bandhwari landfill generates highly toxic “leachate”, which is continuously leaking directly into the underground aquifers of the Aravalli hills. https://www.givebacktogurugram.com/our-initiative/clean-gurugram
The Bandhwari Mountain: The central point of Gurugram’s waste crisis is the Bandhwari Landfill. Spanning over 30 acres along the Gurugram–Faridabad Road, it is a towering 37-meter-high garbage mountain holding nearly 16 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste – https://www.givebacktogurugram.com/our-initiative/clean-gurugram
Zero Processing Targets: Civic bodies are struggling heavily. Despite administrative targets to process 1,200 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily, audits reveal the city is processing virtually none of its active daily target, allowing toxic waste to spill into the ecologically sensitive Aravalli Biodiversity Zone – https://www.givebacktogurugram.com/our-initiative/clean-gurugram
Illegal & Construction Dumping: Massive illegal dumping of construction and demolition (C&D) waste and raw plastic continues along the Gurugram-Faridabad Road, Khushboo Chowk, Gwal Pahari, and Udyog Vihar, completely overpowering local iron-mesh fencing. https://www.givebacktogurugram.com/our-initiative/clean-gurugram