The Chandigarh municipal corporation has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it will process and dispose of all mixed legacy waste at the Dadumajra dumping site by November 15, subject to clear weather and uninterrupted site operations. The commitment was made in a two-page affidavit filed in the name of the municipal commissioner.
The affidavit sets out the corporation’s current waste-disposal arrangements, its proposed processing plan and details of legacy waste removed from the site in previous years. The civic body told the court that “all the endeavours shall be made to process and dispose the mix waste lying at the dumping ground by 15th November subject to clear and hassle-free days.”
Municipal officials attributed earlier delays in clearing the dumping ground mainly to rainy weather. According to the civic body, wet conditions restrict the movement of machinery and make it difficult to lift and process waste across the site. The corporation’s latest timeline is therefore linked to the availability of dry and operational days.
The affidavit also addresses allegations that unprocessed waste was being moved beyond Chandigarh’s boundary. The municipal corporation stated that “no unprocessed waste is being dumped outside the boundary of Chandigarh, that is, no waste is being dumped at the neighbouring cities or states of Punjab or Haryana.”
The civic body further said that no unprocessed garbage was being dumped at unauthorised locations within Chandigarh. It stated that waste discarded by residents outside designated areas is periodically lifted by the municipal corporation and that such residents are issued challans.
Under the system described to the court, processed material is managed by a contractual agency. A significant portion is converted into refuse-derived fuel, or RDF, and supplied for consumption by factories in Muzaffarnagar, Karnal, Jaipur and Dera Bassi. The remaining material is divided according to its composition.
Inert waste is sent to the sanitary landfill, while compost is sold or used at the discretion of the processing agency. The arrangement places the clearance of the Dadumajra site within a wider chain involving municipal collection, processing contractors, fuel users and landfill management.
The November 15 commitment now gives the court a specific milestone against which the corporation’s progress can be assessed. The affidavit does not indicate a separate extension beyond that date, but makes clear that the stated timeline depends on clear weather and hassle-free operating conditions.
