It took less than eight months for unauthorised miners to turn a green land given to the Forest Department by the gram sabha of Rajokri village, in south-west Delhi, into a barren tract. About 70 mines are operating in the erstwhile gram sabha land and dynamites used to help the illegal miners flourish. And this is happening despite a Supreme court order allowing the Forest Department to take over the land. The court had banned mining of any kind in the National Capital Region and instructed the Forest Department to take charge of 5,000 acres to carry out afforestation.