Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 29: High Court today preponed the date of PIL on protection and preservation of Jhelum, in view of breach on river bank near Lasjan in the outskirts of Srinagar.
Amicus to the PIL advocate Nadeem Qadri submitted an application before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey with the submission that a huge breach of 200 meteres has taken place on river bank as such the date fixed as February 7 be preponed and the court directed for listing of the PIL on January 31 instead of February 7.
State counsel vehemently resisted the preponing of the date in the PIL. He submitted that State has to file various status reports in terms of previous directions which could not be possible if the date is preponed.
The court on previous hearing added and impleaded Commissioner Secretaries of Revenue, R&B Departments, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, as also the Commissioner SMC as party respondents to the PIL with regard to protection of river Jhelum and other water bodies including some wetlands.
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