India, Nov. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Rajasthan government for the complicity of its officials in allowing industrial waste to directly flow into the Jojari river, a lifeline for 2 million people, and underlined that the suffering of people due to this negligence was "unbelievable".

"We will go beyond this case. We find that what is happening there on the ground is alarming. The common effluent treatment plant (CETP) is being bypassed to directly discharge industrial waste into the river," a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said.

The court had earlier taken cognisance of the pollution in the river, which flows through the Jodhpur, Pali and Balotra regions in Rajasthan. On Monday, the bench stated tha...