Rajasthan News: The Rajasthan High Court expressed dissatisfaction over the report introduced in compliance with the orders issued to supply 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 towards 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 fully failed of their responsibility.
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 concerning the issue of water logging since 2015, the Rajasthan High Court had given instructions to the district administration to unravel the issue of individuals troubled resulting from monsoon rains and had additionally given directions to supply details about the structure 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 applied on the bottom concerning 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 because of the rains. The company in-charge additionally performed a survey of varied areas wherein 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 may 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 does not imply 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 needs to be held responsible of violating their duties. Thousands of poor and laborers stay 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 critically condemnable. It has been virtually a decade and the town continues to be going through issues throughout heavy rains.
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