Shimla, Aug. 6 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered immediate sewerage connections for residents of Rashmin village in Sundernagar, decisively ruling that municipal authorities cannot withhold essential services due to landowner objections.
Justice Ajay Mohan Goel's landmark July 30 judgment directs the Sundernagar Municipal Council to implement sewer lines within weeks, invoking constitutional public health obligations and statutory powers.
The Court mandated sewer line installation along "Alignment Route 1" - a technically feasible path identified by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) that minimizes property damage by using field boundaries (beeds) and existing drains. Justice Goel emphasized that Section 141 of the...