Bandhwari is 14.28 kilometres (8.87 mi) from the tehsil's main town Gurgaon. It has a population of about 3624 persons living in around 557 households.[2] It is 261 kilometres (162 mi) from the state main city Chandigarh. Nearby sectors are 55, 58, 59, and 60 and it is near to Gurgaon Faridabad road. There is a natural racing track near the village which is regularly used by various racing enthusiasts on weekends for rally and SUV drive events.
Aravalli range, is an ecologically sensitive under threat biodiversity area dotted with disused mining pits. The flora, fauna and ecology have degraded and severely needs restoration by replacing the invasive Vilayati kikar weed by the 3-layer cover of native grass, shrubs and trees. This area lies in the habitat of leopards.[3]
Restoration
To restore the ground water recharge, the Haryana govt is building a check dam in the hills of bandwari forest. This will protect the water logging in the rain as well as provide the water for the wild animals of the forests during the dry summer months.[4]
Concerns: Landfill, waste-to-energy plant and Cancer
A waste-to-energy plant on which govt has already spent INR300 crore is being expanded with another INR400 crore with two of sand mine pits to be used for dumping the untreated toxic waste, this has caused serious environmental threat to the sensitive ecology.[5]
In 2017,
National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to the test the groundwater sample near Bandhwari plant as the landfill site has a stream of dirty black water pollution the aquifers and leeching in to the forest in the area which is known to discharge industrial waste and construction debris in the Aravalli forests along the roads in Gurugram-Fridabad area.[6]
In 2023, one out of every three household in Bandhwari had a cancer patient because the toxic leachate from the Bandhwari landfill and mountain of garbage has mixed into the groundwater, making it toxic and cancer causing.[1]
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