SC Settles Dispute: Village Site Neither Riverbed Nor Flood Plain, Behind Embankment TIMES NEWS NETWORK The Supreme Court on Thursday finally put to rest the controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games Village site. The Village site is located behind an embankment and not on the riverbed or the floodplain as claimed by many environment experts, the SC stated while clearing the decks for the project. The riverbed has always been at the centre of controversy due to the immense development space it offers. A large part of the riverbed has already been encroached upon with several well-known buildings, including the Delhi Secretariat. More recently, it has been in the news for the massive construction of Mayawati