India, Aug. 5 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it resumed dumping drain silt at the Singhola site despite clearing it through bio-mining, owing "to the urgency of pre-monsoon desilting operations". The civic body said it is now setting up a silt processing facility nearby to prevent the formation of another waste mound in Outer Delhi.

Delhi currently has no dedicated silt processing facility.

In an affidavit uploaded on August 3, MCD said it had resumed depositing silt at Singhola "owing to the urgency of pre-monsoon desilting operation". It added that a facility for the daily processing and disposal of incoming silt is being established to avoid the creation of a fresh mound. ...