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The disaster in Joshimath, Uttarakhand was caused by unplanned human intervention in addition to illegal construction, traffic jams, pollution from sewers and other sources. But the attitude of the Uttarakhand government in this matter remains indifferent. Seeing the deteriorating situation, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now asked the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand what the state government is doing to improve the situation. In this report, the Chief Secretary has to tell about the budget allocation, names of responsible officials and a time-bound plan.
In the order of NGT Chairman Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Judicial Member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Expert Member Dr. A Senthil Vel, it has been said that the Uttarakhand government’s report on June 19 clearly shows that in view of these conditions, no work has been done at the ground level. There is nothing in the action plan given to NGT, which shows any effective work being done at the ground level.
This report only points to review meetings, deliberations and general statements. Unless some concrete work is done at the ground level, this problem will not be solved. The report also does not provide any information about budget allocation. The report also does not provide any information about the assessment of the bearing capacity of this area and the plantation plan. The NGT will now hear this case on October 1. Before this, the Chief Secretary has to submit his report.
Officials are not doing their job
NGT has said in its order that this matter is pending for about a year. In compliance with the earlier order of NGT, the officials did not even consider it necessary to submit the report earlier. This was the situation when cases of land subsidence started coming up here. Properties were damaged on a large scale. People had to be displaced from their place.