India, Oct. 14 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has disposed of a plea filed by the residents' welfare association (RWA) of Commonwealth Games village, which claimed that a barat ghar inside the sports complex was being built without an environmental clearance. The tribunal, however, noted that no evidence of violation was presented.

The plea, filed by the RWA in April 2025, had alleged that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had started work on the community hall without obtaining the mandatory environmental clearances under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification of 2006.

During the hearing on October 9, the bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr A Senthil Vel observed th...