5 years and counting: NGT Raps DDA, other agencies for failure to clear Yamuna floodplains of encroachments

Citing assorted different orders, including a writ petition titled, ‘Shabnam Burney vs Union of India & Ors’, wherein the petitioner sought directions to region amerciable encroachments successful the Yamuna floodplains, the HC — successful its interim bid successful April past twelvemonth — directed the DDA Vice Chairman to region each encroachments and amerciable operation connected the Yamuna stream bank, stream furniture and drains flowing into the river.

The NGT seat successful an bid dated February 6 besides cited a January 2024 Supreme Court bid wherein the apex tribunal “agreed with the interest expressed by the NGT astir maintaining the flood plains of stream Yamuna successful the larger involvement of not lone the members of nationalist but successful the largerinterest of the environment.”

“In spite of these orders by NGT, Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi and the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the flood plain of River Yamuna successful Delhi agelong has not been cleared from encroachment,” stated the bench, besides comprising judicial subordinate Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, and adept subordinate Dr Afroz Ahmad.

In summation to this, the DDA had been successful October, past twelvemonth directed to taxable details of respective encroachments identified successful the Delhi agelong of the floodplain and the fig of encroachments successful Majnu Ka Tila excluding encroachments by Pakistani refugees. It was besides directed to disclose the fig of exile families that person taken structure successful Majnu ka Tila.

The Tribunal observed that this was besides not complied with. The DDA successful effect has sought 3 weeks to taxable a caller affidavit. The substance has been listed for April 4, for further proceedings.