During the site tour, Mayor Kaur engaged directly with local dairy farmers to collect feedback on operational challenges and waste-handling practices. She used the opportunity to direct civic officials to ensure the ETP’s proper functioning and monitoring, reinforcing administrative resolve to address long-standing pollution issues linked to dairy waste.

The mayor’s inspection also connected to broader efforts to rejuvenate the Buddha Dariya waterway, which has suffered from contamination due to dairy effluent and cow dung entering local drains. Authorities have begun door-to-door collection of cow dung from dairy complexes to divert solid waste away from inefficient discharge pathways and reduce pressure on treatment systems.

This visit reflects ongoing challenges at Haibowal and nearby complexes, where previous civic actions — including deadlines for sewage board responses and plans to expand treatment links — have been pressed to stem untreated dairy waste entering waterways. Past reports flagged that dairy units and waste pipelines were not always connected properly to ETPs, complicating pollution control efforts.