Justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe

Uttarakhand High Court disposes of a PIL seeking  direction to the the respondents not to relocate the existing / present garbage and waste disposal site near the water source and cremation area of the petitioner’s Village Kuneli, Village Panchayat Marora, Gairsain, District Chamoli, Uttarakhand.”

The Uttarakhand High Cou...

The Uttarakhand High Cou...

Uttarakhand High Court enquires from  senior counsel for the petitioners whether they have made the disclosure with regard to the existence of the said alternate Bridge at a distance of 2 kilometers in the writ petition. There is no disclosure with regard to the said material and relevant fact.

The PIL in Uttarakhand High Court filed by one Prabhu Narayan further seeks direction to the respondents to take appropriate steps for preservation and protection of quality of the Ganga Jal.

In these circumstances, Uttarakhand High Court division bench directed private respondent to maintain status quo and not to undertake further activities to establish the stone crusher plant till the consent to establish stone crusher plant is obtained from the State Pollution Control Board.

In response to the query by Uttarakhand High Court division bench that whether the said units can at all be run in a residential area, counsel for for the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board , Roorkee stated that the units cannot be run in a residential area.

The petitioner in Uttarakhand High Court claimed that Private Respondents run their recycling plants in a residential area without obtaining requisite permission/consent of the State Pollution Control Board and other authorities leading to toxic pollution and grave hazard to the lives of the residents.

Uttarakhand High Court division bench disposes of a PIL filed by one Amit Aggarwal filed seeking a direction to the State Government to remove the Mayor, Nagar Nigam, Roorkee (Haridwar , Uttarakhand).

The Uttarakhand High Cou...