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Supreme Court on Monday requested a response from the Center and other parties.
NEW DELHI: In response to a plea against unauthorized constructions and encroachments on the riverbeds, floodplains, and catchments of all rivers, the Supreme Court on Monday requested a response from the Center and other parties. A three-week notice period was given to the Environment Ministry, the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the Central Water Commission, and the Central Pollution Control Board by a bench consisting of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justices J B Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra.
Speaking on behalf of the petitioner, attorney Akash Vashishtha said that the nation’s largest source of destruction is the growing number of unauthorized and unlawful buildings and encroachments on floodplains, river catchments, and water courses.
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Former IPS officer Dr. Ashok Kumar Raghav filed a plea with the top court, asking for orders to demolish any unauthorized constructions and encroachments on the catchments, floodplains, and riverbeds of all rivers, water courses, and water channels, including tributaries, and return them to their original configurations.
The petition also requested instructions to demarcate the floodplains of all rivers, water courses, and water channels within a time-bound period of no more than three months, and to promptly notify the 2015 draft of the River Conservation Zone (RCZ) Regulation. In order to stop encroachment on rivers and floodplains, the draft River Regulation Zones (RRZ) notification suggests creating River Conservation Zones (RCZs).
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The plea stated that India is experiencing the biggest water crisis in its history, citing the Composite Water Management Index study that was created by the Niti Aayog.
“The country’s per capita water availability is rapidly declining as a result of population growth, according to a response submitted to the Lok Sabha on March 23 of last year by the state minister for Jal Shakti.
