Nagar Panchayat Moonak and Ors. vs State of Punjab and Ors.

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

17 August 2022

Case No.

Special Leave Petition (C) No. 39422 of 2013

Bench

M.R. Shah, B.V. Nagarathna

Citation

[2022] 6 S.C.R. 876 : 2022 INSC 842

Headnote

Floods – Management – Ghaggar Basin – Problem of over flooding of Ghaggar Basin to the detriment of 25 villages in the States of Punjab and Haryana – Direction to concerned States to take appropriate steps in terms of the recommendations made in the final Model Study Report submitted by CWPRS, Pune and to take all corrective measures as suggested/recommended – There shall be periodical meetings every four weeks of the concerned stakeholders to discuss the progress on implementation of the recommendations – Ghaggar Standing Committee to send a report after receiving all further information from the concerned States on implementation of the recommendations every three months to the Central Water Commission and in turn the Central Water Commission to submit the report before Supreme Court in the present proceedings.

The following Order of the Court was passed: ORDER 1. Considering the problem of over flooding of Ghaggar Basin to the detriment of 25 villages in the States of Punjab and Haryana by order dated 11.03.2019, the Chairman, CWC was directed to conduct a meeting to find a solution to the problem of flood experienced by agriculturists from 25 villages due to overflowing of river Ghaggar. This Court also directed the States of Haryana and Punjab to participate in the meeting. It appears that thereafter a meeting was conducted on 01.03.2019, by the Ghaggar Standing Committee. It was decided in the s

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