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3w ago

Gurugram’s Informal Waste System Crippled by Migrant Exodus

A police verification drive targeting Bengali-speaking migrants drove sanitation workers from the city, leaving uncollected garbage to pile up across residential areas.

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Housing societies are hiring tractor-trolleys to transport waste to dumping points, often without trained staff or segregation systems—resulting in indiscriminate dumping that threatens to tip Gurugram into a full-blown health emergency. (HT PHOTO)
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Overview

  • Between July 13 and 21, Gurugram police detained about 100 individuals under a verification drive focused on Bengali-speaking migrants, sending some to Assam pending verification.
  • Hundreds of domestic helpers and waste collectors have fled, halting door-to-door garbage collection and leaving streets in sectors like 103, 57 and Palam Vihar strewn with trash.
  • Housing societies are resorting to tractor-trolleys without trained staff or segregation protocols, leading to indiscriminate dumping and heightened public health concerns.
  • MCG Commissioner Pradeep Dahiya has admitted the exodus has paralysed operations and is working with senior officials and the chief minister as activists demand an emergency humanitarian and technical response.
  • Experts warn years of neglecting SWM Rules 2016 and failing to formalise informal labourers are at the root of the collapse, prompting a Rs 402 crore tender for revamped door-to-door waste collection this week.