When toxic Rajasthani garbage catches fire, 200 people in two Nuh villages become sick

For the past 12 years, residents of Khori Khurd and Khori Kalan in Haryana’s Nuh district have been forced to live in a gas chamber due to the illegal burning of toxic industrial waste brought from the neighboring state. This is because authorities have turned a blind eye to the plight of these twin villages that border Rajasthan.

Villagers want the Center to step in.

With 2,500 families, Nuh’s Khori Khurd & Khori Kalan are located close to the industrial town of Bhiwadi, on the Rajasthani border.
Over a dozen unlawful disposal plants near communities receive hazardous industrial waste, which is then set ablaze, causing poisonous air to rise.
Residents have reported 200 children and older adults to the center with thoracic, pulmonary, and ocular conditions.
Farmers allege pesticides are leaking into water sources, harming crops, and having an adverse effect on the local wildlife.
In addition to the deaths and disappearances of local birds and animals, the communities have now petitioned the Center to intervene, reporting health problems among 200 elderly residents and youngsters, including chronic thoracic, pulmonary, and ocular disorders.

The 2,500-house community is situated near the industrial town of Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, near the state line.

The locals claim that more than a dozen illegal dump sites, which are otherwise documented as closed, are actively involved in the disposal of hazardous industrial waste in and around the communities.

Each night, hundreds of tons of drums and chemical waste are transported into these locations and set on fire, poisoning the surrounding air and harming the local people.

Since 2012, we have been the ones most affected by pollution, and we have made several complaints. Authorities assert that the units are shuttered each time an examination takes place. In actuality, these facilities receive illegally imported barrels containing chemical waste from Rajasthan, which are burned nightly. In a complaint to the Central Pollution Control Board, resident Usman Ali argues that the neighborhood has become a “gas chamber.” Children report having burning eyes and a persistent sore throat. They are having trouble speaking. Due to the poisonous air in the evening, we have ceased sending them out. He continues, “Many of these elderly people and children have received care in neighborhood community hospitals and private clinics.

With so many native birds dying in the last ten years and regular sightings of animal carcasses, the locals have begged the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to take suo motu cognizance of the problem.

In addition to harming livestock, farmers allege chemicals are leaking into water supplies and destroying crops.

Rajasthan and Haryana have been at odds over the unlawful release of chemicals and industrial waste into the state, particularly in the nearby Nuh district.

Deputy Commissioner Dhirender Khadgata promises to investigate the situation and take appropriate action if any inadequacies are discovered. Although there haven’t been any new complaints, a senior official from the local section of the state pollution board says the prior ones still need to be looked into.