North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has sealed the hospital on the Yamuna river bed by a registered society — Sant Parmanand Blind Relief Mission.
A senior NMC official said that the building plan of the property was sanctioned by the regarding department of NMC on the recommendation of the building plan committee. “The project was sanctioned with condition to submit the attested copy of No Objection Certificate from Delhi Development Authority (DDA),” he said.
The official also said that National Green Tribunal in its order directed the concerned agencies to prohibit construction activities in demarcated flood plains of river Yamuna. “The corporation also pursued the matter with DDA for necessary clearance and informed that construction activity cannot allow on demarcated flood plains of Yamuna so the sanctioned plan be revoked,” he said.
Therefore, the corporation sealed the property under the provisions of Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, he said. He further informed that the action was taken in police presence.