Deadline for remediating India's legacy landfills extended to December 2027

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The government has pushed back the deadline for cleaning up all legacy landfills across the country to December 2027. Legacy landfills are old dumpsites holding accumulated waste that has not been properly treated or managed. The extension gives local bodies and states additional time to complete remediation work. The move reflects the scale and complexity of the cleanup effort nationwide.

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