The Municipal Company of Gurugram (MCG) has ordered a high-level inquiry after an environmentalist allegedly caught the civic physique’s sewage tankers dumping untreated waste contained in the Aravalli forests close to Ghata and Bandhwari villages—an incident environmentalists name a severe violation on Monday.
The tankers, outsourced from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for routine sewage-lifting duties, have been contracted to move waste strictly to authorised sewage therapy crops (STPs). Nonetheless, the contractor allegedly diverted a great deal of waste into forest depressions, abandoning foul scent, contaminated soil and contemporary pockets of sludge scattered throughout the eco-sensitive zone, stated officers.
Officers stated the misuse of tankers is alarming as Gurugram has a structured sewage-management system designed exactly to stop such dumping. Town operates three main STPs, situated at Dhanwapur and Behrampur, which collectively deal with lakhs of litres of sewage every day. As soon as handled, the water is both discharged into the Najafgarh drain or repurposed for horticulture, landscaping and restricted industrial makes use of, added officers.
“Bypassing the STPs and dumping uncooked sewage within the Aravallis isn’t just unlawful—it defeats the very objective of Gurugram’s sewage-treatment infrastructure,” an MCG engineer stated.
The violation got here to gentle after native environmentalist Vaishali Rana took footage of the tanker and the dumping website utilizing geo-tagged coordinates. “That is untreated sewage being dumped within the Aravallis. The tanker emptied the waste close to Ghata. The MCG has been dumping waste and sewage into the Aravallis for a very long time. The photographs clearly present rubbish mendacity throughout the forest,” Rana stated.
Residents stated the incident displays a worrying sample. “There are waste dumps in all places—plastic, rubbish and now sewage. Officers should penalise the individuals accountable and take strict motion. The Aravallis can’t survive these repeated assaults,” stated Kusum Sharma, a resident of Suncity Township in sector 54.
MCG stated speedy steps have been initiated. Ravinder Yadav, further commissioner stated a particular staff has already been shaped to examine the geo-tagged spot. “Now we have zero tolerance for such violations. A staff will go to the location and make sure the waste is eliminated on the earliest. Strict motion will probably be taken in opposition to the contractor and the motive force concerned,” he stated, including that the civic physique would additionally evaluation monitoring mechanisms to stop such diversions in future.
Vijaypal, an MCG supervisor stated the incident was unprecedented. “That is the primary time such a lapse has come to our discover. We weren’t conscious that the tanker had dumped sewage within the Aravallis,” he stated.
The Forest division additionally stepped in with a agency warning. Dr. Subhash Yadav, Conservator of Forests stated, “Nobody is allowed to launch waste, sewage or particles inside forest land. We’ll study the placement, establish the violators and take vital authorized motion. The Aravallis can’t change into a dumping floor.”
Environmental specialists stated the incident highlights systemic gaps in monitoring and is probably going not an remoted case. The inquiry will now decide how the tanker bypassed discharge protocols, whether or not different autos have been concerned and what lapses allowed the unlawful dumping to go unnoticed.
