India, Sept. 22 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has started transporting nearly half of the city's daily garbage-about 600 metric tonnes (MT)-to a waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Sonipat, around 80-100 km away, amid stalled operations at the Bandhwari landfill, officials said.

According to the tender, the Rs.9-crore project will run for seven months, during which 1.2 lakh MT of Gurugram's waste will be ferried in dozens of GPS-enabled, covered trucks. Officials said penalties have been built in for spillage, open burning, or illegal dumping en route.

However, residents, environmentalists, and political leaders have raised sharp objections over environmental, financial, and ethical implications of the plan. Critics argue th...