India, June 10 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has found and sealed an illegal borewell in Manakpura, near Karol Bagh in central Delhi, which a local resident was using to extract groundwater for the past eight months, people familiar with the matter said. NGT has also had the electricity supply to the premises disconnected, they added.

The action was taken by a joint committee, constituted by NGT in March, after a local resident Naresh Kumar, filed a petition alleging the existence of a water supply mafia in the neighbourhood. The panel comprises representatives of the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) member secretary, the Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) chief executive officer, and the district magistrate (central).

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