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They cited the National Green Tribunal’s deadline banning dumping of waste at Pratap Vihar after January 15.The GMC said it was the NGT’s, and not the residents’, discretion to stop waste trucks from going to Pratap Vihar. GHAZIABAD: A group of residents, led by a local councillor , stopped trucks of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) from carrying waste to the Pratap Vihar landfill on Wednesday. So, we did not allow any of the trucks to take waste there,” said Chowdhary. An NGT committee will take a call on the request on January 18.On Wednesday, the protesters, led by Hazi Asif Chowdhury, the councillor of Ward 48, stopped nearly a dozen trucks.“The NGT committee’s deadline to stop dumping of civic waste at Pratap Vihar ended on Tuesday. “In keeping with the committee’s order, we will not allow any garbage dumping at Pratap Vihar and keep protesting until the GMC stops it completely,” he added.The GMC sought to remind the protesters about the extension it has sought..