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| DB directs authority to frame schedule for removing encroachment from Wular Lake | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 24: A division bench of High Court Comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul directed the authorities to come clean with the time schedule within which the remaining encroachments shall be removed and Wular lake would be made encroachment free.
As the PIL came-up for hearing the DB observed that this public interest writ petition is with regard to conservation and management of Wular lake. On the last occasion, the court had noted that about 640 Kanals of Wular lake has been encroached upon and the encroachments are required to be removed. This apart, it has been recorded that the Union Government has pumped in Rs. 200 crores for conservation and management of the lake and, therefore, the respondents were asked to inform the court the manner in which it proposes to spent the said amount for the conservation and management of the lake.
The DB observed that in response to the above, an action taken report has been filed by the Chief Executive Director, Wular Conservation and Management Authority. The report stated that the Wular lake has been fully demarcated with geo-tagged and concrete boundary pillars have been fixed all over the periphery of the lake.
The DB observed that the Director in his report has not specified as to the time frame within which the remaining encroachments shall be removed the authority to come clean with the time schedule within which the remaining encroachments shall be removed and lake would be made encroachment free. It observed that in regard to Rs. 200 crores, which have been provided for the conservation and management of the Wular Lake, the report states that according to the Wular Action Plan, about 124.825 crores have already been spent on survey & demarcation, catchment area treatment, water management, biodiversity conservation, ecotourism development and institutional development.
The DB directed senior AAG B. A. Dar, senior AAG, may to file a further report clearly showing the sanctioned strength of the staff of the Wular Conservation and Management Authority and number of persons employed to show that the authority is really interested in taking effective steps for conservation and preservation of the Wular lake. |
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