<span style="color: #222222;">The Delhi government informed the Supreme Court today that it has cleared 148 acres of encroached forest land in the national capital. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The counsel appearing for Delhi government told the court that it would file an affidavit giving full details of the actions taken to re-claim the encroached land and also about the water bodies.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said it would hear the issue on the 20th of this month.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It also granted two weeks' time to the Delhi government to file their affidavit in the matter.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The apex court had earlier taken serious note of the encroachments in Delhi and had said it was a matter of great distress that 2,280.43 kilometres of roads, streets and footpaths were encroached upon in the national capital.</span><br />''