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Submit report over land use, says NGT

Government slammed over ignoring SC order on Millennium Bus Depot.

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal slammed the Delhi government over its failure to file a compliance report with regard to the Supreme Court order on changing land use of Millennium Bus Depot site on Yamuna flood plains.

A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar granted the final chance to the city government, Delhi Deve-lopment Authority (DDA) and Delhi Transport Corp-oration (DTC) to file a reply on the issue within 10 days.

“Nobody has filed comprehensive affidavit in terms of the order dated July 24. We grant the last and final opportunity to the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, the DDA and the DTC to place an affidavit in relation to the order passed by Supreme Court order dated January 13 within 10 days without default,” the bench noted.

“In the event the affidavits are not filed by he deadline, we will be forced to pass orders for imposition of exemplary cost against each of these parties,”the bench stated.

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