India, July 28 -- The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that currently there are no illegal dairies operating on the Yamuna floodplain stretch in Delhi. The development comes a year after a joint committee had found encroachments with cattle on the floodplains.

The DPCC was responding based on a plea filed by animal activist Gauri Maulekhi in 2023 alleging around 60 dairies with over 1,000 cattle were operating on the Yamuna floodplains in violation of norms. The plea had alleged these were unregulated and no permissions were taken.

The NGT had then tasked a joint committee to carry out inspections, which said while no permanent structures or dairies were found, at least 15 temporary...