Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
-The city of high-rises and gleaming towers is once again stuck in a debilitating civic misgovernance loop that has come to define its identity: garbage. It has been over two years since the unceremonious exit of Ecogreen Energy, a private company hired by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and held responsible for much of the mess, as ThePrint reported in 2024. But the fix remains elusive.In May this year, Union Minister for Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar urged that there be “no laxity” in waste management, but the authorities are still struggling to find a replacement and a long-term solution. And the trash crisis and residents’ anger only worsen. The toxic garbage economy functions much as before, with private vendors and musclemen jostling for the most lucrative routes. Over the past couple of years, the city has had a stopgap arrangement of temporary contracts awarded by the MCG to private waste collectors.
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-The city of high-rises and gleaming towers is once again stuck in a debilitating civic misgovernance loop that has come to define its identity: garbage. It has been over two years since the unceremonious exit of Ecogreen Energy, a private company hired by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and held responsible for much of the mess, as ThePrint reported in 2024. But the fix remains elusive.In May this year, Union Minister for Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar urged that there be “no laxity” in waste management, but the authorities are still struggling to find a replacement and a long-term solution. And the trash crisis and residents’ anger only worsen. The toxic garbage economy functions much as before, with private vendors and musclemen jostling for the most lucrative routes. Over the past couple of years, the city has had a stopgap arrangement of temporary contracts awarded by the MCG to private waste collectors.
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