India, June 10 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has carried out encroachment removal drives across 7.2km in Mayapuri since March, however, some illegal works still continue and assistance by the local police will be required, the civic body informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

Over 150 equipments and machinery were seized in the encroachment drive from illegal automobile repair and scrapyards operating in open.

"After completion of each drive, letters were issued to the SHO, requesting strict vigil in the concerned areas so that re-encroachment is prevented," the submission dated May 28 said.

The NGT had first heard the matter in 2018, taking suo motu cognisance of a news report that vehicles were being dismantled in ...