'How can you clean a lake in just a day?': NGT slams DDA's claims
Hindustan Times Haryana|December 21, 2024
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has criticised the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) over its claim of cleaning the Satpula Lake in south Delhi within a single day.
Jasjeev Gandhiok

NEW DELHI: The green tribunal rebuked the land-owning agency for submitting just three photographs in an attempt to show that the lake was cleaned.

A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava noted that the DDA report lacked details on how the lake's clean-up was achieved in such a short span. It directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to collect new samples from the water body to assess its quality.

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