Finding leachate, filth and unprocessed waste at the Dadumajra dumping ground in July this year, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) mentioned “mismanagement” in its affidavit attached in the status report sent to the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

The CPCC had written to the Commissioner this July about the mismanagement of leachate generated at landfill site.

As per the directions of the NGT, the leachate treatment plant should be properly maintained. “There should be no stagnation of leachate within the premises on account of effluents by passing the leachate treatment plant,” one of the directions says.

However, CPCC said that as per the recent inspections done by the officials of CPCC on July 18 and July 25, discrepancies were found at the site.

The inspecting team f

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