Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 10: In the much publicized Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding preservation of Gharana wetland, Division Bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajesh Sekari has constituted a committee of three persons namely M K Sharma, Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, Dr Deepika Salathia, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Jammu University and Satish Kumar Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner Jammu to visit wetland and to submit a status report about its existing status which may include encroachments, if any, and work which is being carried out for its developmeny within a period of six weeks.
When the PIL came-up for hearing, D C Raina, Advocate General submitted that Government is also interested in the preservation and conservation of the Gharana wetland and a team of independent Commissioners be appointed to visit the wetland and to submit a report about its existing status which may include encroachments, if any, and work which is being carried out for its development.
“As there is no opposition to it, we constitute a team of the three persons to visit Gharana wetland and to submit a status report as directed within a period of six weeks to the court”, the DB said and further directed the office of the Advocate General to provide necessary assistance in coordination with the district authorities as well as the authorities of Gharana Wetland to facilitate the visit of the team and to ensure that token amount of Rs 11,000 is paid to each of them on the submission of the report.
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