Won’t let waste unit to be set up in Nuh: Residents

Sumedha Sharma
Tribune News Service
Gurugram, July 31
Nuh residents are up in arms against the state government for allegedly trying to turn it a dumpyard for NCR cities of Gurugram and Faridabad.
Following the announcement of setting up of waste-to-energy plants in both the cities, the state government has identified and earmarked around 22 acres of land for waste processing in Indri village of Nuh. This has led to a huge protest as villagers have announced that they will not allow setting up of any such waste unit in Mewat. Residents claimed that waste processing plants will contaminate water, soil, and air and push residents towards various ailments.
“We are not the backyard dump for Gurugram and Faridabad. The government has made a mess of the two cities and these are overflowing with toxic garbage. They have no solution and villages of these two cities have refused to give their land for such units so now they are targeting Nuh. We have never been their concern or priority. We will not let any such processing unit to be set up here,” said Tayyeb Ghasedia, a local resident and INLD leader who organised a mahapanchayt on the issue.
Villagers fear that they will become next Bandhwari and have announced that they will not let any garbage truck from Gurugram or Faridabad to cross the Nuh border.
“Look at what the landfill site has done to Bandhwari village and a few others in Gurugram. We will not let even a single garbage truck cross border and come here. The state government has given us no facilities; the only respite we have is fresh air and water, and we don’t want to loose these. As per the solid waste management rules, Gurugram needs to resolve its garbage crisis in its own limits. We will even move court against it,” said advocate Farkkrudin Chandeni.
Residents alleged that waste was being illegally dumped in Tauru block along KMP, where a mini-garbage mountain was already ready and would soon rival Bandhwari if government did not check the dumping.

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Mewat no dumpyard
The state government thinks Mewat as its dumpyard. In the last 10 years, it has given us nothing. What’s the point of having a processing unit here if waste-to-energy plants will be in Gurugram and Faridabad? Look at Aravallis, they are completely ruined in both Gurugram and Faridabad, but still flourishing in Mewat. We need to save them. —Aftab Ahmed, Nuh MLA