Ludhiana, May 6 -- The contractor engaged to collect waste from dairy units at the Haibowal dairy complex is not processing the waste as required under the contract and is instead dumping it at the waste management plant in Jainpur, senior deputy mayor Rakesh Prashar has alleged.

Prashar said he also written to municipal corporation commissioner Neeru Katyal Gupta seeking action in the matter.

According to Prashar, the contractor was awarded a contract worth crores to collect waste from the dairy complex and process it by setting up a plant to convert the waste into fuel or manure.

However, no such processing unit has been set up and that the contractor is simply dumping the waste at the old waste processing plant in Jainpur, Prashar a...