The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a bunch of public interest litigation petitions challenging the construction of concrete structures, including the Commonwealth Games Village, on the Yamuna riverbed here. A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice A. K. Sikri and Justice Rekha Sharma reserved the judgment at the conclusion of arguments by counsel for the Delhi Development Authority, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the petitioners. Counsel for the DDA summed up his argument by saying that the petitioners had approached the Court late as his client had obtained environment clearance from the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests way back in 2003, while they filed their petitions in 2007. He submitted that the DDA had informed the Supreme Court about all the projects when it was considering a petition challenging the construction of the Akshardham Temple on the riverbed. Opposing the DDA's submission, Vinod Kumar Jain, one of the petitioners, submitted that he had filed his petition in 2007 because the DDA had got the final environment clearance from the Ministry in April 2007 only. The Ministry had given only a temporary environment to it in 2003, Mr. Jain submitted, adding that he was not late in approaching the Court. He submitted that the river needed legal protection because as of now there was no law to protect it. He further submitted that when he approached the DDA with his apprehension about the future of the river, it just told him to see its website where all details about its projects on the riverbed were available. "Will hinder water recharge' The other petitioner, Magsaysay Award winner "Waterman' Rajendra Singh, submitted that if the DDA's projects were allowed it would hinder ground water recharge and environment regeneration. The DDA has planned construction of a residential complex of 1,160 flats in the Games Village to accommodate athletes coming to participate in the event. Besides, it has planned to build a cricket stadium, an LPG bottling plant, a residential colony for the Central Reserve Police Force personnel and residential complexes on the active flood plain in future.