New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Under a month-long crackdown on illegal water tankers ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi Police told the tribunal in an affidavit that 145 FIRs were registered and an equal number of tankers seized between September 16 and October 15. The number of vehicles impounded in just one month amounts to nearly 15-20% of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB)'s official tanker fleet, the affidavit said. In its order of May 28, 2025, the NGT had directed the Delhi Police commissioner to "ensure that any tanker not fitted with GPS and not permitted by the Delhi government shall be immediately seized and a criminal case of theft of water shall be registered against the violators". The directive was reiterated on September 16....