India, Aug. 11 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) commissioner to examine a complaint alleging open dumping of sewage sludge and waste near a Jhuggi-Jhopri (JJ) cluster at Badkal Mor, adjacent to Badkal flyover, and take appropriate remedial action, officials said on Monday.

The direction was issued on August 4 by a bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmad while hearing an application filed by Sukhdev Singh, a resident of Budh Colony at Badkal Mor. The application was registered based on a letter petition sent to the tribunal.

According to the order, the applicant alleged that residents of the JJ colony lived in semi-pucca str...