HC serves notices to Assam Government over contamination of Bharalu River

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court on Thursday served notices to Assam Government and other respondents regarding Suo Moto PIL regarding the contamination and degradation of the Bharalu River.

A Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Suman Shyam served notices to the State of Assam, the Secretary of the Water Resources Department, the Chief Executive Officer of the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority, the Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation and the Member Secretary of the Pollution Control Board of Assam during the rearing of PIL (Suo Moto)/ 4/2023. The Court granted a week’s time for submitting the preliminary affidavit in reference to the subject matter of the PIL.

The High Court has registered the Suo Motu PIL on the basis of a letter forwarded by Pratap Chandra Das, a former student of Sonaram Higher Secondary School, Guwahati. Das, in his letter, highlighted that the Bharalu River, which is a tributary to the 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.

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