Nagpur: Expressing concern within unabated contamination in Nag River despite the continued requests, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Monday slammed civic government for neglect.
Quoting a variety of media reports that emphasized how garbage remains gathered and sewage water leaks in the river and the town was called the court called on the police to execute its own rejuvenation strategy in the earliest.
A division bench comprising justices Sunil Shukre along with Anil Kilor also led that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to apply all details to your lake’s revised rejuvenation strategy within a couple of weeks.
The directives arrived while playing with that a suo motu PIL (No 1/2020) predicated on several media accounts emphasizing the plight of this historic river which has now become a veritable nullah for dumping sewage.
Nikhil Padhye was named as amicus curiae at the PIL.
Pointing towards the river contaminated water borne the Gosikhurd dam, the chair noticed that numerous viruses such as E coli and many others were found inside, which pose threat to individuals.
“Such pitiable state of the town’s largest water supply is a topic of critical concern.
Particularly in the pandemic age, in which clean drinking water must be a priority, so this type of state of the mythical river is tough to trust.
It is essential to offer fresh life to it for that, it has to be completely washed and all of the sources of contamination should be instantly sealed,” the judges said.
Before, NMC counselor Sudhir Puranik advised about revised Development Project Report (DPR) of this river, in which Rs2,400 crore will be spent for the rejuvenation.
It could be washed in four stages and could be given a fresh lease of existence.
The first stage would entail its own cutting and cleaning, followed by farm work on its own boundaries.
Elimination of enormous encroachments within it could be consumed within another stage.
The seat then requested Puranik in case NMC has enough budget to execute the DPR and out of where capital could be increased, if it is in fiscal limitations.
Many media reports have emphasized the dirt and slush flows throughout the river, that flows out of Central Telegraph Office’s (CTO) backside and adjoining to Nag Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce (NVCC).
Since it has not been washed in quite a while, foul odor comes from it makes life hard for the neighboring residents.
Because of slush, stray actors have begun drifting in the region in huge quantities, including to people’s frustrations.