New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- A low-lying, water-filled stretch near north Delhi's Wazirabad was never a water body, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT), pushing back allegations that a wetland was buried under inert waste from the Bhalswa landfill. The submission comes months after the NGT took suo motu cognisance of a media report flagging the disappearance of what was locally known as the Jharoda pond, allegedly filled using inert material generated during bio-remediation of the Bhalswa landfill. In a reply dated January 24, the DDA denied the existence of any pond or johad on the site, stating that the land was acquired from a private owner and was never classified as a water body in official records...