India, March 10 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought an explanation from the Uttar Pradesh government about delay in demarcation of the Hindon river floodplain, and directed the authorities to act expeditiously to complete the process.

The matter was heard on February 16 by a bench comprising chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel in a case concerning floodplain demarcation of the Yamuna and Hindon rivers.

During the hearing, the counsel appearing for the Survey of India, informed the tribunal that most of the required geospatial data had already been shared with the state government.

In its order, the bench said, "Learned counsel appearing for the respondent-Survey of India on instruction fr...