Yamuna water taxi plan still in works, NGT told

DELHI GOVT TELLS GREEN COURT THAT IT IS YET TO RECEIVE AN AFFIDAVIT AND AN INDEMNITY BOND FROM CENTRAL AGENCY IWAI

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

The Delhi government's irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the plan to operate a water taxi in the Yamuna is still in the works, adding that it is yet to receive an affidavit and an indemnity bond from the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), nearly five years after it gave its nod to the central agency to use a shank at Sonia Vihar for project.

The I&FC department's statement came in the form of an affidavit submitted before NGT on November 23, informing the green court about the status of the project.