Orissa High Court asks State to formulate coverage on non-fishermen actions in Chilika

By Express News Service

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the State authorities to formulate a coverage for actions of conventional non-fishermen in Chilika lake inside two months.A division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Chittaranjan Dash requested the State Revenue division to undertake the train in session with Chilika Development Authority (CDA) and stakeholders involved.  

Earlier on April 4, the court docket had directed the CDA to look at your complete problem and submit inside three months its suggestions to the State authorities to contemplate whether or not any such coverage wanted to be reformulated. However, when no response was acquired from CDA as on date, the court docket modified its earlier order. 

As the final word object is to have a coverage formulated, the Revenue division ought to undertake the method per the judgments of the Supreme Court and the prevailing authorized regime, the bench directed.

As a part of adjudication of a PIL for restoration of the ecology of the 2 wetlands – Chilika Lake and Bhitarkanika – the court docket was taking inventory of the progress of elimination of unlawful prawn gheris from the waterbodies on Thursday.  In pursuance with the court docket’s order, the Odisha State Pollution Control Board submitted a report with options to enhance the water high quality within the two wetlands.

Taking word of it, the bench directed the State authorities to look at the options and guarantee they’re applied in letter and spirit. The bench additionally directed amicus curiae Mohit Agarwal to additional examine the affidavit and counsel if any additional path on this regard is required.

Collector of Puri had filed an affidavit stating that 13 FIRs had been registered and several other unlawful internet gheris dismantled in Chilika space at Patanasi beneath Krushna Prasad block. The income inspector and assistant income inspector had been positioned beneath  suspension on August 17 and the tehsildar transferred in reference to re-emergence of internet gheris within the space. The court docket had suo motu registered a PIL for restoration of the ecology of the 2 wetlands in 2017.

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the State authorities to formulate a coverage for actions of conventional non-fishermen in Chilika lake inside two months.A division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Chittaranjan Dash requested the State Revenue division to undertake the train in session with Chilika Development Authority (CDA) and stakeholders involved.  

Earlier on April 4, the court docket had directed the CDA to look at your complete problem and submit inside three months its suggestions to the State authorities to contemplate whether or not any such coverage wanted to be reformulated. However, when no response was acquired from CDA as on date, the court docket modified its earlier order. 

As the final word object is to have a coverage formulated, the Revenue division ought to undertake the method per the judgments of the Supreme Court and the prevailing authorized regime, the bench directed.

As a part of adjudication of a PIL for restoration of the ecology of the 2 wetlands – Chilika Lake and Bhitarkanika – the court docket was taking inventory of the progress of elimination of unlawful prawn gheris from the waterbodies on Thursday.  In pursuance with the court docket’s order, the Odisha State Pollution Control Board submitted a report with options to enhance the water high quality within the two wetlands.

Taking word of it, the bench directed the State authorities to look at the options and guarantee they’re applied in letter and spirit. The bench additionally directed amicus curiae Mohit Agarwal to additional examine the affidavit and counsel if any additional path on this regard is required.

Collector of Puri had filed an affidavit stating that 13 FIRs had been registered and several other unlawful internet gheris dismantled in Chilika space at Patanasi beneath Krushna Prasad block. The income inspector and assistant income inspector had been positioned beneath  suspension on August 17 and the tehsildar transferred in reference to re-emergence of internet gheris within the space. The court docket had suo motu registered a PIL for restoration of the ecology of the 2 wetlands in 2017.