News: Sector 70 Gurugram Dumping Site Lacks Boundary Wall-19-03-2026
A designated dumping ground near the South Peripheral Road in Sector 70 is handling waste from at least 15 wards without a boundary wall or demarcation, residents said. During a visit on Tuesday, HT saw open heaps of plastic, food, paper and sanitary waste along the main road, drawing flies and stray cattle.
The area’s senior sanitation inspector (SSI), requesting anonymity, said at least 60-62 trucks unload there. Three supervisors work 8-hour shifts and send geo-tagged photographs of truck movement and clearance to Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) officials. The ground is levelled periodically and leftover waste cleared, but no disinfectants are used. Officials said it is one of 14 designated waste collection points in the city.
Sanitation workers were seen without gloves or boots. One said he had got used to the smell and dirt. A person living nearby said the stench is worst at night when the wind blows, and that flies and mosquitoes are a constant problem. A roadside eatery close by was full of flies, and a worker there said the smell lingers long after the trucks leave.
A supervisor at the yard acknowledged the smell but claimed no complaints had come from nearby societies.
MCG told HT on Wednesday that boundary walls are being built in phases. Executive engineer Sunder Sheoran said walls have been completed at five secondary collection sites in the last three months, tenders for the rest have been floated and work will finish in another six months. He said MCG gives all sanitary workers kits with gloves, gum boots and masks.
