India, July 7 -- The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to not carry out any fresh construction in southwest Delhi's Najafgarh, where a bus terminal presently stands.
The directions were issued during hearing of a plea that alleged that the structure has been built by DTC by encroaching upon land belonging to a village pond (johad).
The plea was filed by local resident Kartar Singh, who has alleged that DTC had encroached upon 30 bigha and 5 biswa of land in the village, forming part of a water body in the village.
The order, uploaded on Sunday, states the allegation was later confirmed by the district magistrate, who said that the land was a water body, with no legal clearance given for any cons...
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