The Gauhati High Court issued notice on a Suo Moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL) registered on the issue of contamination and degradation of the Bharalu river.
The Suo Moto PIL, registered on the strength of a letter forward by a former student of Sonaram Higher Secondary School, Guwahati, raising a very important issue regarding contamination and degradation of an important river flowing through the city of Guwahati, namely, Bharalu river.
The petitioner has highlighted in his letter that the Bharalu river, which is a tributary to the mighty Brahmaputra river, has been severely polluted as hazardous waste materials have been dumped into the river, which is causing risk to the health and hygiene of the society.
It is further alleged that none of the civic bodies entrusted with the task of maintaining the health and hygiene of the city dwellers of Guwahati has bothered to put in proper interventional measures on the devastating and precarious pollution of the river.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Suman Shyam issued notice to the respondents and posted the matter on 18.05.2023.