Resource detail

The NCRPB (National Capital Region Planning Board) draft regional plan 2021 lists only 12 lakes in NCR, as against thousands of water bodies identified in the National Wetland Inventory and Assessment, developed by the MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) Govt. of India. If the list is not updated, other water bodies and lakes may never be protected. The plan has also not demarcated groundwater recharge areas. Environmentalists and water experts have highlighted this "appalling" lapse in their submissions to the board, objecting to the draft regional plan which is going to be finalized shortly. In the draft plan, only two lakes in Delhi-Bhalswa and Najafgarh have been mentioned. The Sanjay Lake or other water bodies and ponds are not.