top court pulls up Rajasthan over pollution in Jojari river
New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Rajasthan government for complicity of its officials in allowing industrial waste to directly flow into Jojari river - a lifeline for nearly 2 million people - as it termed the situation alarming and the suffering of people "unbelievable", while proposing to pass orders in this regard on Friday.
"We will go beyond this case. We find 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," said a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta.
The court was hearing a suo motu case, taking cognisance of the contamination of river Jojari in Rajasthan.
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