India, July 16 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has asked the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) to stop the construction of a dump yard on land earmarked for a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Sector 107, officials said on Wednesday. The authority said it has already purchased the land from MCG and floated a tender for the project, which forms part of the Yamuna Action Plan.

GMDA officials said construction activity by an MCG contractor on around one acre of the site has continued despite the authority asking the civic body to halt the work.

"This site has been proposed for the construction of an STP, and we have already purchased the land from MCG, and payment has also been made. We recently came to know t...