India, Nov. 5 -- New Delhi

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) a December deadline to set up an ingesta plant at the Ghazipur slaughterhouse, requiring the civic agency to comply with one of the original conditions laid down by the tribunal to resume operations at the facility.

Ingesta plants are set up to process the undigested waste of animals, which, along with dung, is converted into biofertiliser.

Delhi's lone abattoir was shut for violating environmental norms of improper waste handling, groundwater contamination, and inadequate safeguards to prevent environmental pollution in May 2022. The MCD was allowed to resume operations in June 2022, on the condition it will set up either a bi...