Srinagar, Aug. 28 -- The government also said that it will submit a "specific affidavit" detailing the measures taken to prevent the dumping of garbage from nearby villages into the Wular Lake area.

The submissions were made by Mohsin Qadiri, senior Additional Advocate General, before a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation.

The statement followed submissions by Nadeem Qadri, Amicus Curiae that there are about 33 villages around Wular Lake and the authorities have apparently failed to take any steps to ensure that no garbage from the adjacent villages is dumped in the Lake area. So much so, Rs. 200 crores were provided in this regard but the authorities ha...