India, March 31 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) pulled up the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (Dusib) for not filing a status report on Barapullah subsidiary drains despite seeking additional time. The tribunal has imposed Rs.25,000 penalty on the board and has sought a detailed report before the next hearing on April 1.

The green panel has been hearing various pleas, including one by the Nizamuddin West RWA, seeking remedial measures to treat Barapullah and its subsidiary drains. Residents have claimed that many areas of south Delhi get waterlogged during monsoon due to the non-desilting of these drains.

In the same matter, the bench by NGT chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava noted that despite being granted multiple opp...