India, Aug. 3 -- Residents of Charmwood Village in Faridabad's Sector 39 have raised alarm over illegal and unchecked dumping of garbage on a municipal buffer zone adjoining C-Block and Kenwood residential colonies, directly opposite the Surajkund Mela grounds.

Once a green tract of land owned by the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) and used as paid parking during the Surajkund Crafts Mela, the area has now turned into an open dumping ground for construction debris, household waste, plastic trash, and even human waste, locals claimed.

"The dumping happens at night using tractors and small trucks," said Prince Chadha, president of the C-Block Resident Welfare Association. "What began as small-scale piling has now taken over a lar...