PIL Alleging Rampant Encroachment In Nainital
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The Uttarakhand high court has banned the use of polythene bags in Nainital district and ordered that Rs 500 fine be imposed on anyone found using it from July 15. It also ordered the DM to file an affidavit on the details of construction within 30 metres of all lakes in the district. As per building bylaws, no construction, permanent or temporary, is allowed within 30 metres of the lakes.
A bench of Justice Servesh Kumar Gupta and Justice Alok Singh passed the order on Thursday after hearing a PIL alleging rampant encroachment in Nainital. The petitioner, Ajay Rawat, an environmental activist, had also raised the issues of c due to polythene bags in his PIL.
The ban will cover hilly areas like Bhimtal and Mukteshwar and also low lying areas like the industrial Haldwani and Lalquan belts. The administration has also been ordered to inform the public about the ban by printing advertisements and putting up posters on public boards at the site of lakes in Nainital district.
The district, which has lakes like Bheemtal, Khurpa Tal, Naukuchiya Tal, Sukha Tal and Saat Tal, has been witnessing unchecked commercial construction. The petitioner welcomed the court order, saying, “I had no option but to seek justice from the court since the authorities and politicians did not help to take up the issue of encroachment.”
PIL Alleging Rampant Encroachment In Nainital
It is extremely sad that authorities & politicians …have not helped in taking up this serious issue of encroachment & illegal constructions …The fact being …that many of them are the very ones to flout the rules set & the rest then just follow the example set .Just hope that justice prevails …& all illegal structures are removed .. with honesty, integrity & a determination to SAVE the hills from disaster ….Why oh why cannot our country men learn to follow rules & think of the welfare of ALL…not just be selfish .A total change in mind set is needed ..& a love for mother Earth .Many no doubt will suffer …but the sacrifice made is the only answer to the calamity that faces the hills & those living there in the Eco sensitive zone which weighs heavy today ….No time to ponder & think …the time bomb is ticking loud & clear …with weather conditions changing …all it will take is a huge cloud burst to experience another Kedarnath like disaster ….washed down to Haldwani.!!!..Thank you Sir for caring & taking .action …we need more lovers of Mother Earth like you ….whose greed is not power or money but the BENEFIT OF ALL…Venita Banerjee .