HC Orders To Check Pollution In Ganga

HC Orders To Check Pollution In Ganga 19 Jan 2009, 2018 hrs IST, RN Pandey, TNN ALLAHABAD: Advocate general Jyotindra Misra on Monday, held a meeting with the senior officers, including the DM and the nagar ayukt concerning Ganga pollution and instructed all the officers present in the meeting to comply with the orders of High Court in letter and spirit passed by a division bench on a PIL. He asked the officers to make all possible efforts to check pollution in the Ganga in the interest of the pilgrims. The meeting of the officers was convened at the advocate general's office in the HC premises to comply with the orders passed by the HC in a PIL filed by Harichaitanya Brahmachari. The officers present in the meeting assured the advocate general and also the chairman of the committee, MC Chaturvedi, chief standing counsel and DR Chaudhary, government advocate, HC and other appointed members of the committee that quantity and quality in the Ganga would be maintained and effective steps would be taken to make the river free from pollution as per the direction of the HC so that pilgrims might take holy dip in a clean river during the ongoing Magh Mela. The members of the committee, AK Gupta, HN Tripathi, SP Kesharwani and others discussed about the quality and quantity of water in the Ganga and asked the officers to comply with the HC orders and to stop discharge of dirty water in the river. Executive engineer, Flood Works Division, Allahabad, produced a report of the water-level before the committee. According to the report, water level, as had been directed by the HC, was being regularly maintained. He said that 2,500 cusec water was regularly being released from Narora Barrage in the Ganga in the interest of the pilgrims and also in compliance of the HC orders. Advocate General, presiding over the meeting of the committee, also directed the DM and nagar ayukt and the officers of the pollution control board, Jal Nigam and others that the water-level in the Ganga may not go down and instructed the UP Pollution Control Board to make regular inspection and take sample of the water of the river for regular testing of it. He said that steps to check pollution in the river be made regularly by the pollution control board. The committee also issued direction to the officers about the cleanliness and throwing of polythene bags in the Magh Mela area in garbage bin and not in the river or mela area. The committee instructed the officers concerned that a team be deployed to motivate the pilgrims and other people in mela area against throwing polythene bags and garbage in the river or in the mela area. Chief Medical Officer, Allahabad, pointed out to the committee that he had posted some officers in the mela area to maintain cleanliness there for all time, particularly during the Magh Mela.

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