New Delhi, March 31 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a Rs.25,000 penalty on the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) for failing to file a status report on Barapullah and its subsidiary drains despite being granted additional time. The tribunal directed DUSIB to submit a detailed report before the next hearing on April 1. The NGT has been hearing petitions seeking remedial measures to address pollution and desilting issues in drains. A bench led by NGT chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava said DUSIB was given ample opportunities since January to file an affidavit on sewage discharge from slums but failed to do so. "On account of not filing the reply. the examination of the issue has been delayed. Hence, we impose...