India, June 11 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) missed its June deadline to upgrade and beautify all 14 secondary collection points (SCPs) across the city, with officials citing the delay to the massive waste input.

The project, announced by the corporation in April this year, included the construction and repair of boundary walls, the installation of sanitation facilities, the paving of internal roads, and overall measures to improve the appearance of the sites.

SCPs serve as intermediate waste collection centres where garbage is collected before being transported for processing or disposal.

On April 10 this year, HT had reported that multiple SCPs lacked boundary walls, proper flooring and adequate infrastructure. Follo...