(Feature Image: Part of Yamuna river & its floodplain downstream Geeta Colony bridge in Delhi in June 2023. Bhim Singh Rawat/SANDRP)

In a welcome decision, the Supreme Court of India has rejected Delhi Police’s petition seeking permission for construction of the Police trainees’ accommodation in the floodplains of Yamuna River in Delhi. The plea was rejected by the Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan on January 2, 2024.

The Bench was hearing the Civil Appeal (No. 000002 of 2024 (Arising out of Diary No.44256 of 2023) by Commissioner of Police Delhi which was represented by Mukesh Kumar Maroria, Senior Government Advocate against National Green Tribunal (NGT) dismissal of same proposal on 28 September 2020.

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