New Delhi, April 30 -- The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has informed the National Green Tribunal that it has reclaimed 24 acres of land in the Yamuna Vanasthali project area from January to April as part of its efforts to reclaim the river's floodplains from encroachers. The Yamuna Vanasthali plan is one of the Yamuna floodplain restoration projects on the eastern bank, stretching from the Wazirabad Barrage to the ISBT Bridge, spread over an area of 236.5 hectares.
"In compliance with the directions of the NGT, DDA has been making consistent efforts to reclaim the land from the encroachers in the floodplains. Ever since the last order of this Tribunal (on January 16), the DDA recently repossessed 24 acres of land in the Yamuna Vanasth...