Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 18: Division Bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rajesh Bindal has issued notices to the Government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking clean and safe drinking water.
The PIL has been filed by Advocates Aditya Sharma and Rameshwar Padha submitted that Government was duty bound to provide clean and safe tap water but it has miserably failed to do so thus violating the right to live life with dignity of the people of Jammu.
During the course of arguments, Advocate Aditya Sharma submitted that recently a survey was conducted by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) whereby samples were collected from across the Jammu city and as per the reports tap water of Jammu city came out to be worst.
“As per the report, after Delhi, Jammu is the second worst city in providing safe drinking tap water and it is the alarming situation”, the PIL said.
After hearing counsels for the PIL, Division Bench issued notices to all the respondents and matter is to be listed in the month of March.
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