India, Aug. 7 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has disposed of a plea seeking the removal of a fish market from the Yamuna floodplains near north Delhi's Usmanpur, after the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) submitted that encroachments in the area had been cleared and preventive infrastructure installed.

A bench comprising NGT judicial member Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member Afroz Ahmed, in its July 17 order, cited DDA inspection reports dated April 7 and May 3. These reports, supported by photographs, showed that boundary walls and a gate had been erected around the site, which is now designated for the proposed Vanasthali Park.

"In view of the submissions made in the reports, no further action is required to be taken at this st...