Overview
- In a 27 January letter to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, the Gurugram MP sought explicit allocations for Aravalli conservation, removal and rehabilitation of the Bandhwari landfill, water-treatment and drainage works, and a metro corridor along the Dwarka Expressway.
- He flagged Bandhwari’s daily dumping of about 1,200 tonnes from Gurugram-Manesar and 700–800 tonnes from Faridabad into the Aravallis, citing leachate, frequent fires, wildlife impacts and contaminated groundwater despite an NGT Rs 100-crore penalty in 2022.
- The appeal follows a Supreme Court sequence in which a November 2025 elevation-based definition of the Aravallis was stayed and a High-Powered Expert Committee was ordered, while activists now demand a special fiscal package and an Aravalli task force.
- On cross-border pollution, he referenced a 6 January meeting that cleared a 6 km drain for Bhiwadi rainwater and noted Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav’s assurance that a 40 MLD combined effluent treatment plant at Bhiwadi will be functional by March.
- He also pressed for a Dwarka Expressway metro link to serve New Gurugram, and there is no public indication yet that the Haryana government has committed funds ahead of the budget session.