Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday directed the Guwahati Jal Board managing director to file an affidavit inside two weeks, stating the progress made within the work of supplying potable water to Guwahati residents. The affidavit must also embody the timeline for completion of the scheme(s), availability of funds for execution of the tasks and interim preparations, if any, made for supplying consuming water to the residents.
The bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund was listening to a petition filed by ‘Chiriyakhana Path Jyestho Nagarik Sanshta’, a senior residents’ discussion board, flagging the burning difficulty of potable consuming water disaster within the metropolis.
The court docket noticed that “despite a number of projects being floated by the government, the residents are yet to get proper supply of drinking water.”
Counsel for the petitioner A Phukan submitted earlier than the court docket that to not converse of furnishing clear water to the residents, “there is even no information available in the public domain as regards the measures initiated by the administration for supplying water to the South-West and South-East areas of the city coming within the Guwahati Metropolitan Authority (GMDA) area as well as the progress made in the phases of the project implemented so far for other parts of the city.”
He submitted that there’s additionally no readability as regards the provision of funds in addition to the timeline for completion of those tasks.
Refuting the arguments, standing counsel for Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), GMDA and Jal Board, S Bora submitted that the work for making potable water accessible to the Guwahati metropolis dwellers is progressing on a warfare footing and the division fairly expects to make consuming water accessible to each family by the tip of March subsequent yr.
He prayed for 2 weeks’ time to file an in depth affidavit incorporating all such details.
Allowing the prayer, the excessive court docket bench made it clear that the affidavit shall be filed by the managing director of the Jal Board by indicating the work progress, timeline for completion of the tasks, accessible funds and interim preparations.
The South Central Guwahati water challenge with 191 million litres per day, which is the largest water challenge, was partially inaugurated by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in December final yr. The CM had stated the South Central challenge can be totally commissioned by March subsequent yr and the South West water challenge can be totally commissioned by 2024-end.
The bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund was listening to a petition filed by ‘Chiriyakhana Path Jyestho Nagarik Sanshta’, a senior residents’ discussion board, flagging the burning difficulty of potable consuming water disaster within the metropolis.
The court docket noticed that “despite a number of projects being floated by the government, the residents are yet to get proper supply of drinking water.”
Counsel for the petitioner A Phukan submitted earlier than the court docket that to not converse of furnishing clear water to the residents, “there is even no information available in the public domain as regards the measures initiated by the administration for supplying water to the South-West and South-East areas of the city coming within the Guwahati Metropolitan Authority (GMDA) area as well as the progress made in the phases of the project implemented so far for other parts of the city.”
He submitted that there’s additionally no readability as regards the provision of funds in addition to the timeline for completion of those tasks.
Refuting the arguments, standing counsel for Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), GMDA and Jal Board, S Bora submitted that the work for making potable water accessible to the Guwahati metropolis dwellers is progressing on a warfare footing and the division fairly expects to make consuming water accessible to each family by the tip of March subsequent yr.
He prayed for 2 weeks’ time to file an in depth affidavit incorporating all such details.
Allowing the prayer, the excessive court docket bench made it clear that the affidavit shall be filed by the managing director of the Jal Board by indicating the work progress, timeline for completion of the tasks, accessible funds and interim preparations.
The South Central Guwahati water challenge with 191 million litres per day, which is the largest water challenge, was partially inaugurated by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in December final yr. The CM had stated the South Central challenge can be totally commissioned by March subsequent yr and the South West water challenge can be totally commissioned by 2024-end.
