The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is awaiting the completion of a Divisional Commissioner-level inquiry into alleged illegal groundwater extraction by 536 hotels and guest houses in Delhi's Paharganj. The Delhi government is examining groundwater quantities, financial losses, and official dereliction of duty since 2014-15. Environmental compensation has been imposed on many establishments, with partial recovery. Meanwhile, the government's new borewell policy, intended to regulate extraction, remains unnotified, with the capital still operating under a 2010 notification.