PATNA, April 9 -- The Supreme Court has directed both the State of Bihar as well as the Union of India to file an appropriate report on the status of illegal and unauthorised construction as well as pollution due to plastic waste in the river Ganga.

The order came from the bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan while hearing a case filed by one Ashok Kumar Sinha alleging rampant encroachment on the floodplains of river, which threaten aquatic life, including rare Dolphins, in Patna on April 2.

The next date of hearing is after four weeks, when the court has sought detailed report on the current status, the progress made so far at the ground level and how the floodplains have been described in the revenue records and if...