India, Dec. 29 -- The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) last month that multiple municipal solid waste and construction & demolition (C&D) waste dumping violations had been found near Urban Extension Road-2 (UER-2) in west Delhi's Mundka, and directions were issued to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to take legal action.

NGT was hearing a plea filed by Surendra Mohan, a local resident. Mohan, in his letter to the tribunal in May, alleged illegal dumping and open burning in the land surrounding UER-2 - between Rohtak Road and Delhi Rohtak railway line on the outskirts of Mundka. Subsequently, notices were issued to DPCC and MCD, among other agencies.

In its November 27 report (up...