Residents choke as garbage piles set afire in Ggm

Several Gurugram residents and activists have alleged that garbage is being dumped and burnt indiscriminately on a 5km stretch on the the Gurugram-Faridabad highway, near the Aravallis for a month, adding that civic authorities have taken no action despite repeated complaints.

- Leena Dhankhar

The residents said they approached the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) about the issue saying at least 10 spots along the stretch - from Golf Course Extension Road to Faridabad toll plaza - have turned into illegal dumping grounds for over a month.

However, authorities said private vendors were dumping waste in the open, after collecting it from residential areas, adding that they were yet to identify the agencies involved in the act.