NGT: Explore possibilities of rehabilitating residents

■ Issue of ‘ illegal’ houses along S. Delhi drain

The National Green Tribunal ( NGT) has directed the Delhi government to explore possibilities of rehabilitating "unauthorised" residents living along a drain at a colony in the city.

The green panel also asked the Delhi government to apprise it about a plea alleging lack of sewage facilities at the Paryavaran Complex in south Delhi.

The tribunal issued the direction on the rehabilitation of the "unauthorised" residents after the South Delhi Municipal Corporation ( SDMC) claimed that temporary structures along the drain were affecting sewage facilities in the colony.

“The applicants in person is directed to implead Sohan Krishan Sharma, a resident of A- 70, Paryavaran Complex, Neb Sarai Road, IGNOU Road, New Delhi as a party respondent,” a bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S. Rathore said.

“In the meanwhile, the State of NCT Delhi may seek instructions with regard to an alternative to such downtrodden people who are said to be having temporary structures on site of the drain,” the bench, also comprising expert member Satyawan Singh Garbyal, said recently.

The matter is posted for hearing on September 24.

The green panel had earlier directed the SDMC to look into the issue of sewage generation around the Paryavaran Complex area and asked the chief engineer ( water) of the Delhi Jal Board ( DJB) to propose the layout plan for drainage of waste in the colony.

◗ The green panel also asked the Delhi govt. to apprise it about a plea alleging lack of sewage facilities at the Paryavaran Complex