Delhi High Court bars commercial, religious activities on Yamuna floodplains
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The Delhi High Court recently directed that no religious or commercial activity shall take place in the ecologically sensitive area of the Yamuna floodplains.Justice Jasmeet Singh passed the order. “In view of the interest of environmental protection and the area being ecologically sensitive, all types of commercial/religious activities for any purpose whatsoever shall be restricted from the said area,” the Court directed. Justice Jasmeet SinghThe Court further tasked the Delhi Development