India, Jan. 29 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has shut down a dhalao in west Delhi's Hari Nagar, due to which waste was overflowing onto the road, causing inconvenience to locals, stated the submission, adding that further corrective action which requires unblocking a nearby drain will have be carried out by the Public Works Department (PWD).

"I state that the dhalao at the boundary of Hanuman Park, adjacent to Mangat Pandey road has been closed by the answering respondent, as it was in a dilapidated condition," said the affidavit dated January 20, filed by the MCD's executive engineer, west zone.

NGT was hearing a plea filed by a local resident in 2024, who had stated ...