State-owned construction firm NBCC (India) Monday told the National Green Tribunal that development work of the iconic Purana Qila lake here was being done as per suggestions of the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee.
The NBCC, which submitted a 38-page report in pursuance of the NGT’s order, said drawings for development works at Purana Qila lake were approved by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and it was directed to seek expert advice from a reputed institute such as IIT for laying of an ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) membrane in the lake and send the same to the ASI.
“A detailed study report was sought by NBCC from IIT-Roorkee on proposal to lay impermeable membrane beneath the Purana Qila lake. It is stated that Bhanu Prakash Vellanki from the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT-Roorkee submitted a report on the same, which was duly forwarded by NBCC to the ASI,” it said.
A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said it will go through the report and posted the matter for hearing on Friday.
