DB Directs IG & DC to file status report regarding removal of encroachments and about the alleged illegal mining still being carried out
JKUT (Jammu), November-25-2021-( JNF):- ):- In a much publicized Public Interest Litigations filed by Advocate Dewakar Sharma highlighting various issues involving the conservation/preservation of River Tawi, A Division Bench of State High Court Comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Mohd Akram Chowdhary directed Inspector General of Police Jammu and Deputy Commissioner Jammu to to file status reports regarding the extent of removal of encroachments and about the alleged illegal mining still being carried out from the bed of River Tawi.
DB further directed Deputy Commissioner Jammu to inform the Court about the progress of the work so as to stop flow of sewage water into the river or regarding dumping of any waste material in the River/Tawi lake.
This signficiant direction has been passed when the PIL came-up for hearing it has been informed that in pursuance to the directions of the court, some encroachments have already been removed from the River bank/bed but as per the reports on record still a vast area of land remains to be illegally occupied and the encroachers have not been removed.
It is also submitted that the mining from the River bed has been curtailed to a great extent but with the connivance of the administration, large number of trucks carry out illegal mining without any check from any corner. JNF
