India, Aug. 12 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has upheld a fine of Rs.25 lakh levied on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for decades of neglect outside a school for the visually impaired in west Delhi's Raghubir Nagar.

Disposing of a plea by MCD, the tribunal said it had made "no error" in ordering the civic body to pay compensation for the upkeep of the Akhil Bhartiya Netrahin Sangh School, which has provided free education and accommodation to over 100 visually impaired students annually since 1971.

The penalty was first imposed in November 2024 after the NGT found that MCD had violated Rule 15 of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, by allowing a "dhalao (garbage dump)" to operate outside the school's main gate. The ...