Orissa High Court asks air pollution watchdog, Cuttack civic physique to check water high quality

By Express News Service

CUTTACK:  After a spot of two years, the Orissa High Court has taken up the problem of Kathajodi air pollution and sought stories on the water high quality on the level of discharge of untreated sewage from Cuttack metropolis into the river at Khan Nagar.

A division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice RK Pattanaik has directed the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) and Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to depute a workforce to gather water samples on the level of discharge at Khan Nagar, do a high quality take a look at and submit the report earlier than it on Saturday.

Earlier this week, the bench heard the petition filed by Khan Nagar Khapuria Silapanchal Puja Committee in 2016 and the petitioner’s counsel Khirod Rout positioned a video clip and images of discharge of untreated effluent into the Kathajodi river. 

The bench additionally issued notices to the Chairman and Managing Director of Water Corporation of Odisha (WATCO) apart from, Member Secretary of the OSPCB and a consultant of CMC to stay current throughout the listening to on Saturday. WATCO was additionally directed to take instant corrective motion.