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[Ravi Agarwal]

HC appoints judge to head Yamuna monitoring panel


A division Bench of the Delhi High Court, comprising Justices Vijender Jain and Rekha Sharma, appointed Justice Usha Mehra to head the Yamuna removal of Encroachment Monitoring Committee.The Bench, in its order, observed that that the hope and expectation of the Delhiite to see the Yamuna restored to its pristine glory should be fulfilled.The Division Bench also observed that despite the claim of the Delhi Government that it was spending crores of rupees under the 'Clean Yamuna' project, people did not find any change. The Committee was launched on January 2, 2006 at the India Habitat Centre. It would monitor the removal of all encroachments from both banks of the Yamuna. "We direct the Committee to take up the task in right earnest and on a day-to-day basis track the removal of encroachments upto 300 metres from both sides of the Yamuna, in the first instance. No encroachments either in the form of jhuggi jhopdi (JJ) clusters by any person or organisation shall be permitted," the order stated. The Committee had removed more than 300 jhuggies along the eastern bank of the Yamuna, near the Nizamuddin Bridge Highway.At the instance of the Committee, the Commissioner of Delhi Police assured that no fresh encroachments would be allowed in the area. The committee had chalked out a road map to ensure that all encroachments are removed from the banks of Yamuna lying between the Old Railway Bridge and the ITO Bridge by April 30. Similarly, the Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh, Okhla Barrage has also promised that more than 200 jhuggies would be removed from the eastern bank of Yamuna opposite Samachar Apartments by April 30. Encroachments on riverbeds and embankments have become the order of the day. No effective steps have been taken to make the Yamuna free from encroachments and pollution of all kinds. It is because of this realisation that we have entrusted the task to the Committee, said the Bench.

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