India, April 20 -- The National Green Tribunal has sought a response from the Delhi government and others on the alleged large-scale illegal extraction of groundwater in Najafgarh. The green body was hearing a plea claiming unauthorised extraction by "private tanker mafia" operators in a plot in the Pankaj Garden locality of the area. In an order dated April 13, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert members A Senthil Vel and Afroz Ahmad noted the plea alleging "collusion and inaction on the part of the authorities", including the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). "Issue notice to the respondents," the bench said. The respondents in the matter include the Delhi government, DJB, the sub-divisional magistrate and district magistrate concerned, Delhi Police, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and others. The matter has been posted to July 10 for further proceedings. Also Read - Delhi govt drafts semiconductor policy Delhi teen elopes to Rajasthan with boy she met on social media, rescued New Delhi: Delhi Police has rescued a 13-year-old girl who went missing from outer Delhi in January after she left home with a boy she had befriended on social media, police said on Sunday. The girl, from the Shahbad Dairy area, had been missing since January 22, they said, adding that three days later, the police had registered a case. "During the inquiry, it was found that she had come in contact with the boy through the social media platform and later left with him. She was taken to Sikar in Rajasthan," a police officer said. She was eventually traced and brought back to Delhi, where she reunited with her family, he added.
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