What happened
Under Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has described scientific remediation of legacy waste as a structured and time-bound effort aimed at the Lakshya Zero Dumpsite. Nagpur’s Bhandewadi site has been presented as a leading example of converting a legacy dumpsite into an integrated municipal solid waste processing ecosystem.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had earlier relied heavily on dumping-yard disposal for municipal solid waste. The Bhandewadi site gradually became a major legacy waste site and created environmental as well as operational challenges for the city administration.
What changed now
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation undertook scientific remediation through excavation, segregation, and processing of accumulated legacy waste. The site has now been converted into a modern integrated Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility with Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), composting units, Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) generation systems, leachate treatment infrastructure, and environmental monitoring systems.
The facility also uses trommels, ballistic separators, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) monitoring, Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance, and dust-control measures. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation presents this as a shift from waste disposal to resource recovery.
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