India, Dec. 31 -- The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to cease all construction activity on the Yamuna floodplains and dismantle its casting yard and batching plant there by March 31, 2026. The court also reprimanded the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for failing to remove the facility despite previous judicial directives.

A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet PS Arora, in an order issued on December 22, noted that although the court had explicitly directed DDA in July 2024 to clear all encroachments and illegal constructions from the Yamuna riverbed, no action was taken against DMRC's temporary batching plant - a facility used to mix raw materials like cement and sand near construction ...