Leachate treatment plan for the Bandhwari Landfill

In response to ongoing environmental crisis at the Bandhwari Landfill, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board and Municipal Corporation of Gurugram involved NMCG-TERI Centre of Excellence on Water Reuse, Environment and Waste Management Division of TERI, Delhi to initiate a holistic study on possible adequate and sustainable onsite treatment of the leachate, writes Dr Nupur Bahadur, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Environment and Waste Management Division, TERI.