"A Time Bomb": Residents Fear Ghazipur-Like Landfill In Faridabad
Residents of Faridabad's Charmwood Village are protesting the transformation of a designated municipal buffer zone into a massive, unregulated garbage dump. Locals report severe health issues and environmental degradation, fearing the site will become a permanent hazard similar to Delhi's Ghazipur landfill.
Why it matters
The situation underscores the growing urban crisis of waste management and the failure of municipal governance in rapidly expanding Indian cities.
What was once a green cover in the Charmwood Village in Faridabad's Sector 39 has now turned into a looming environmental and public health crisis. For the past couple of years, residents of surrounding residential buildings have quickly watched a piece of land turn into a huge landfill. They say that this is not the view they negotiated for, but have to live with every day.Residents say that the land where the dump is being created is owned by the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) and was originally designated as a municipal buffer zone opposite the Surajkund Mela ground and transformed into an open dumping site. NDTV visited the site in Charmwood village which is right adjacent to dozens of residential houses. From construction debris to household waste, plastic trash and human waste now cover the area.
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