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The Supreme court, on Monday, asked a lawyer, who is seeking to declare sinking of areas in Joshimath as a national disaster, relief and compensation to affected people, and halt the construction of Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Electric, to mention his plea for urgent hearing on Tuesday (January 10).
As a lawyer appearing for PIL petitioner Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati – a religious leader – sought to mention the matter for an urgent listing, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud heading a bench also comprising Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha asked him to follow the due procedure and mention it tomorrow (Tuesday).
Calling for declaring the incident as a national disaster, petitioner Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati sought the intervention of the top court for an immediate relief to the affected people who have suffered a loss of property and direct the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to actively support the residents of Joshimath in faced with a tough situation.
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The petitioner, Swami, has sought immediate financial assistance and compensation to the people who have lost their houses and lands on account of land sliding, land sinking, subsidence resulting in the cracking of the houses. properties.
Blaming the unchecked urbanisation, construction activities, mushrooming of industrial units, and the exploitation of natural resources by the centre and Uttarakhand government, the petitioner Swami Saraswati has sought direction to Direct the respondents to “immediately stop construction and building work of the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Electric Project tunnel and not to begin again till the high level committee of geologists, hydrologists and engineers constituted by this court.”
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