Ensure 2,500 cusecs water in Ganga during Magh Mela: HC

The Allahabad High Court directed the state government on Thursday to ensure that 2,500 cusecs of water is released daily into the Ganga in view of the month-long Magh Mela,beginning December 31.

The courts direction will ensure that the desired level of water is maintained at Sangam during the Mela. The order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhusan and Arun Tandon on a PIL filed by local sadhu Swami Harichaitanya Brahmachari.

The court also directed the state government to take a decision on the submission made by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board,recommending that the Kanpur municipal commissioner be prosecuted for failure to check the discharge of effluents into the river from tanneries despite repeated warnings.

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Appearing on behalf of the state government,Additional Advocate General S G Hasnain assured the court that an appropriate decision in this regard would be taken within four weeks.

The court has fixed January 4,2010 as the next date of hearing in the case.

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