New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that despite multiple orders, the floodplain of the Yamuna river has not been freed from encroachments.
The NGT said this while hearing a plea to execute its 2019 order for removing encroachments. In an order dated February 6, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said, "After the tribunal's (2019) order, more than five years have passed but till now, the order has not been complied with."
The bench, also comprising judicial member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member Afroz Ahmad, said a division bench of the high court had, in April 2024, directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), in coordination with all agencies concerned, to ensure the rem...