DDA excavator tears down Yamuna Bazar encroachments

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) deployed excavators on 25 June 2026 to raze unauthorised structures and encroachments in the Yamuna Bazar area near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Residents of Yamuna Bazar were seen carrying their belongings after the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) cleared unauthorised structures near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Families in Yamuna Bazar shifted their belongings on 25 June 2026 as the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) pressed ahead with its drive to remove unauthorised constructions near Nigam Bodh Ghat. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Debris from razed unauthorised structures lay scattered across Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat after the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) completed its anti-encroachment drive on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

The aftermath of the DDA anti-encroachment operation at Yamuna Bazar on 25 June 2026 showed scattered wreckage where unauthorised structures once stood near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Police personnel inspected the cleared site at Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat following the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) demolition drive on 25 June 2026 in New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Security personnel were deployed to survey the area cleared by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Officers on the ground assessed the cleared stretch in Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat after the DDA completed its anti-encroachment operation on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Law enforcement reviewed the cleared grounds at Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, after the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) wrapped up its encroachment removal drive on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Heavy machinery deployed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) tore through unauthorised constructions in Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

An excavator operated by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) dismantled illegal constructions in the Yamuna Bazar locality near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

The DDA used excavators to bulldoze encroachments along Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat on 25 June 2026, as part of a broader drive to reclaim unauthorised land in New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) anti-encroachment blitz in Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat was in full swing on 25 June 2026, with excavators clearing illegal structures across the locality. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Excavators deployed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) cleared plots occupied by illegal structures in Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Wreckage from structures razed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) dotted the landscape of Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, following the demolition operation on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

The post-demolition scene at Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat on 25 June 2026 showed scattered remains of structures cleared by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in its anti-encroachment drive. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

Scattered debris signalled the scale of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) action at Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026, as unauthorised structures were brought down. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) drive on 25 June 2026 left a trail of cleared land in Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, as remains of razed unauthorised structures lay strewn across the site. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

An excavator moved through Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026 as Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials targeted unauthorised structures and encroachments in the area. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

DDA machinery cleared encroachments near the Yamuna riverfront at Yamuna Bazar, close to Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, during the anti-encroachment drive on 25 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) concluded its demolition drive at Yamuna Bazar near Nigam Bodh Ghat, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026, with excavators removing the last of the unauthorised structures in the area. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)

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