Rajasthan News: The Rajasthan High Court expressed dissatisfaction over the report introduced in compliance with the orders issued to offer reduction to the households affected by the rain in Jodhpur. After this, he issued a contempt discover to the company and JDA officers together with the District Collector.
‘Why ought to we not take motion, the collector ought to inform’
The High Court stated within the order, ‘The District Collector ought to submit an affidavit as to why proceedings shouldn’t be initiated in opposition to him underneath the Contempt of Court Act 1971 for deliberate and intentional violation of the order issued by the courtroom on August 14, 2024.’ Along with this, contempt discover was additionally issued to Commissioner JDA Jodhpur, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation North and Commissioner of Municipal Corporation South Jodhpur who’ve utterly failed of their obligation.
This order of the High Court was violated
Recently, after the monsoon rains at first of August, whereas listening to a PIL within the Rajasthan High Court relating to the issue of water logging since 2015, the Rajasthan High Court had given instructions to the district administration to resolve the issue of individuals troubled resulting from monsoon rains and had additionally given directions to offer details about the format plan of the town’s drainage system. Since July 2015, the Rajasthan High Court has been giving directions to enhance the drainage system in Jodhpur. But until 2024, this downside stays the identical. Till now, no concrete plan has been carried out on the bottom relating to drainage within the metropolis.
‘The report can’t be trusted’
The district administration claimed in its compliance report back to the Rajasthan High Court that no household within the metropolis has been affected as a result of rains. The company in-charge additionally carried out a survey of varied areas by which no household was discovered to be affected for distribution of meals, milk and ingesting water. On this report, the division bench expressed shock that how might the affected households pay attention to such so-called directions? This compliance report seems to be only a paperwork. It can’t be trusted.
‘Help doesn’t suggest begging’
The courtroom even stated that the sooner directions didn’t imply that the affected folks ought to stand within the collectorate to beg, it’s the duty of the district administration to go to the affected areas and supply assist. Therefore, the involved officers must be held responsible of violating their duties. Thousands of poor and laborers reside in a metropolis like Jodhpur, whereas within the Palna report, the officers stated that no household has been affected by the heavy rains, which is severely condemnable. It has been virtually a decade and the town remains to be dealing with issues throughout heavy rains.
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