Dr. Leena Dhankhar
@leenadhankhar
Author @GurugramSchoolMurder | Bureau Chief @htGurugram | Investigative stories, politics, real estate, environment, and excise for Gurugram, Nuh, and Faridabad
Welcome to #Gurugram — where the government’s development model ends at Golf Course Road, and Sikanderpur is dumped in #garbage, both literally and figuratively. This is the “welcoming square” to one of #India’s so-called #millennium cities. What a joke. Crores are spent on PR,…


🚨 Bandhwari Residents Sound Alarm on Illegal Leachate Dumping 🚨 Residents of #Bandhwari village allege that #MCG has laid underground pipelines to discharge untreated leachate from the #BandhwariLandfill directly into the #Aravalli forest. Locals say the toxic black sludge is…

Gurugram admin steps up action against illegal waste dumping hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugra… (Reports @leenadhankhar)
A weekly conversation on Whatsonmymind that were on @ht_ed Sukumar Ranganathan's mind. hindustantimes.com/ht-newsletter/… #WhatsonMyMind #HTEditorial #SukumarRanganathan #WeekendRead #HindustanTimes #OpinionColumn #ThinkPiece #IndiaReads
🚨 Amid Gurugram’s mounting #waste crisis, #illegal vendors are going door-to-door posing as authorised collectors—charging unsuspecting residents ₹60-₹100 monthly. With #Ecogreen out of the picture since #June and no official agency in place, this racket is spreading fast…

🐍🌧️ Heavy rainfall has triggered a surge in #snake sightings across urban areas — 85 #serpents rescued so far this month! Experts urge #residents to stay alert, especially near #green belts and water-logged zones. Read the full report here👇 hindustantimes.com/cities/others/……

700 kilos of cattle meat seized, nine booked in crackdown on cow slaughter in Nuh hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugra… (✍️@leenadhankhar)
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The @MunCorpGurugram is working steadily to beautify the #Bandhwari landfill and implement long-term #leachate control systems to prevent toxic overflow into the #Aravallis. View-cutters, fresh #road infrastructure, and containment barriers are being rapidly installed as part of…

‘Toxic leachate released in Aravallis’: Locals rap MCG hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugra… (✍️@leenadhankhar)
‘52 migrant workers detained in Gurugram’: Bengal CM raps govt hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugra… (✍️@tanmaynews, @leenadhankhar)
#Leopard kills 6 goats in Nuh village; forest team verifies presence hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugra…
🚨 #GurugramWasteCrisis Update After months of delays & public anger over garbage pile-ups, @MunCorpGurugram gets final nod for ₹402-cr door-to-door waste collection tender. 🛑 Tender to be floated today 🛻 4 agencies, 4 zones | No user charges for residents 📍 GPS trucks |…

🚍 Dignity in Mobility | Citizens’ groups from #DwarkaExpressway & #Gurugram urge Delhi govt to start #DTC bus service from Dwarka Sec 21 Metro to Sectors 102–113. Despite booming #population, zero public #bus connectivity leaves commuters stranded. 📝 Formal request sent to…

Gurugram’s gated luxury and glassy towers now stand amid rotting garbage. A quiet exodus is unfolding beneath the city’s gleaming skyline, one that threatens to paralyse its already fragile waste management system. Hundreds of domestic workers and sanitation staff—many of them…
Gurugram’s waste system on the brink of collapse #Luxury towers now rise above rotting piles of #garbage. A silent exodus of domestic workers & #sanitation staff—mostly Bengali migrants—has left sectors drowning in waste. 🗑️ From Sectors 103 to 57, garbage bags line streets.…

Man kills mother with axe over ₹20 in Nuh, arrested (@leenadhankhar ✍🏻) hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugra…
Gurugram's waste crisis needs more than clean-up drives. We need infrastructure support, regulated waste collection, #ZeroTolerance towards SWM violations & dust mitigation non-compliance, and a relook at the builder-floor (S+4) policy driving demolition waste.We deserve better…
Man arrested for selling genitalia of monitor lizard hindustantimes.com/cities/gurugra… (Reports @leenadhankhar)