India, July 11 -- The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) to submit a detailed plan and timeline for completely clearing legacy waste the Bandhwari landfill.

The bench also directed the MCG to address the issue of continuous fresh dumping of waste at the location, even as Faridabad-which accounted for 800-900 tonneof the 2,200 tonneof daily waste dumped-has made alternative arrangements for waste dumping.

"Considering the forthcoming monsoon, the Municipal Corporation, Gurugram will take the adequate steps to ensure that no leachate flows outside the landfill site," the NGT said.

The directions were issued on Tuesday by a bench comprising justice Prakash Shrivastava,...