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| HC directive to provide life saving equipments to divers in Doda | | | early times report
JAMMU, Mar 30: A high court division bench of chief justice F M Ibrahim Kalifu-llah and Justice Hasnain Massodi today directed Doda deputy commissioner to provide torches, oxygen cylinders and other life saving equipments to Chenab "rescuers" who play an important role during rescue operations in Chenab river. The court directive came in a PIL which was filed by Advocate Rohit Kapoor on behalf of Dr. D S Jasrotia and others following fatal road accidents in the erstwhile Doda district.
The court issued directions to Doda DC to provide life saving equipment to "Chenab rescuers", holding mastery in swimming in river Chenab.
The court also directed the state to file a report on or before next date of hearing. The PIL was again to be listed on April 17 next.
The court direction was also passed in an application filed by Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh and others of Doda and Kishtwar districts, seeking permission to take part in the PIL proceedings.
Doda and Kishtwar are the areas where accidents occur every month and these accidents have virtually become a regular future. As per the details submitted before the court, till October last year, 1,344 accidents had occurred in Jammu division in 2011.
The applicant's grievance was that the Doda and Kishtwar roads were prone to fatal accidents, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries in any given year. |
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