India, April 12 -- Despite claims of intensified enforcement, open waste dumping persists across several key stretches in the city, including Maidawas, Sector 56, Prajapati roads, Wazirabad and Tikra village, an HT spot check found on Saturday, ahead of the National Green Tribunal hearing a plea on urban solid waste management on Monday.

The plea, filed in May 2023 by Prakash Yadav before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), sought removal of a dumping yard near Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium in Dharuhera. In a July 26, 2024 judgment, the NGT issued state-wide directions against garbage dumping. Citing inaction, the tribunal in January 2026 initiated execution proceedings, seeking responses from municipalities and the state pollution control ...