ORDER

1. This Original Application is registered suo motu based on the news item titled "DDA ignores directions to remove official constructions on floodplain, builds more" and “DDA flouts NGT’s guidelines, continues construction on crowded Yamuna floodplain in Delhi” published in The Hindu daily dated 18.04.2024 and 16.04.2024 respectively.

2. The news items allege that illegal constructions have come up in the floodplain of Yamuna and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has failed to remove them. There is also an allegation that DDA is planning to construct permanent structures on the floodplain of river Yamuna in violation of the NGT orders. In the news items, there are allegations concerning illegal constructions at:

1. Sur Ghat.

2. Qudsia Ghat.

3. Casting Yard adjoining Central Delhi’s Baansera.

4. Millenium Bus Depot near Sarai Kale Khan.

5. Casting Yard at two kilometres from the Signature Bridge in North Delhi.

6. Asita East.

3. The Tribunal vide order dated 22.05.2024 had registered the OA suo motu and had taken note of the instances of alleged illegal construction on the floodplains of river Yamuna. It had also taken note of the examples of alleged permanent constructions on the