Shimla, Nov. 29 -- Himachal Pradesh high court sought a fresh action plan from the concerned office/corporation for dealing with the rotten apple waste along Parwanoo-Kalka highway. The directions were issued during the resumed hearing of a suo moto public interest litigation (PIL) on the persistent problem of rotten apples, leaking liquid waste and piled-up pomace around Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation's (HPMC) facilities along the Parwanoo-Kalka stretch of the national highway. High Court has sought an affidavit from concerned office/Corporation as to how to tackle the issue of the disposal of the waste of apple - rotten apples, handling apple pomace, and managing wastewater at all notified auction sites-including Tipra (Gumma) on the Parwanoo-Shimla NH-5 Hearing a suo motu PIL on November 25, a division bench of chief justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj reviewed the latest status reports submitted by the state government and HPMC. The court observed that despite multiple directions issued earlier several concerns remain unaddressed. The court had initiated suo motu proceedings in 2022. The court on November 25 observed that despite multiple directions issued concerns remain unaddressed, directs state government to file detailed action take report and plan to address the issue on January 1. HPMC submitted that the volume of apple auction has been reduced from 16,657.300 MT to 4,035 MT in the year 2024. It has also been mentioned that Pectin unit has been made operational, which will further reducethe volume of pomace generation. htc...