gurugram the district administration is yet to remove encroachment on a 400mlong stretch of badshapur drain despite a national green tribunal ngt direction asking the deputy commissioner dc to get it done within 10 days sources said no official has even visited the site to inspect the area according to information with us the dc has asked a dtcp team to file a report on the matter at the district administrations office the office might also take into consideration demarcations that were carried out in the past said a source in the district administrationpetitioners said this is in contempt of the ngt order the authorities are yet to remove any encroachment 11 days after the order was passed weve been following up with the officials but they havent even bothered to visit the site this is a clear violation of the ngt order said green activist vaishali rana chandra one of the petitionerssharmila kaushik another petitioner told toi the nullah is still encroached upon it seems officials are not serious about implementing the ngt order any attempt made to refer to earlier demarcations by authorities in favour of builders will be a violation of the order as the court clearly mentioned the encroachment has to be removed as per the report of union ministry of environment forests and climate change moefcc filed in 2017 not any other demarcationsthe district authorities were directed to restore the stretch of badshapur drain near gwalpahari along gurugramfaridabad road to its original dimensions as per the moefcc report the natural drain was approximately 4050m wide and about 400m long after the government permitted real estate projects to come up in the area a petition alleging encroachment was filed in 2016 since then three demarcation exercises were carried out two of which identified encroachments to have taken place and one that said there was none the result of a fourth demarcation is yet to be submitted the developers have kept on refuting the allegations saying they proceeded with their projects after receiving all approvals from the government and have not encroached upon the draindespite several calls and messages vinay pratap singh dc couldnt be approached for his comments