BSWML report estimates that over 3,000 million litres of leachate has accumulated in two landfills in Bengaluru, processing to cost ₹553 crore over four years

Leachate is essentially water that has percolated through solid waste, which has a pungent odour severely polluted. Residents of villages around these landfills often complain of leachate polluting the underground water table in these areas