The Delhi government has been directed to expeditiously identify wetlands in Dwarka sub-city after an environment activist sought the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) intervention in the matter. A bench headed by Justice U.D. Salvi ordered the government to complete the process of identification and classification of the wetlands within a week. The Tribunal was hearing a plea filed by activist Diwan Singh, who claimed that enormous amounts of rainwater goes to waste due to the dilapidated condition of water bodies in Dwarka. Mr. Singh pleaded that urgent action was needed for effective utilisation of such water bodies to store rainwater.
2016, The Hindu