NGT query on Millennium depot
A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the city government, DDA.
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday sought responses from the AAP government and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a plea filed by an environment activist seeking shifting of Millennium Bus Depot as it is located on Yamuna flood plains.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the city government, DDA and Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) seeking their replies before July 24, the next date of hearing.
The 50-acre depot was built on the riverbank initially as a temporary depot during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, with a parking space for around 1,000 buses
The Supreme Court had last year said that the ordering the demolition of the bus depot would not be appropriate and had granted one year to the Delhi government and DTC to get the 2021 Master Plan amended, failing which it would have to shift the bus shelter from the Yamuna river banks The SC transferred the matter to the NGT in April as it ther couldn’t be "parallel proceedings".