HC disposes off petition against Nagarpalika

AHMEDABAD, April 21: A gujarat High Court division bench of Chief Justice K Sreedharan and Justice A R Dave has disposed of a petition on le...

AHMEDABAD, April 21: A gujarat High Court division bench of Chief Justice K Sreedharan and Justice A R Dave has disposed of a petition on leaking drinking-water pipelines in Dhandhuka town after the Nagarpalika submitted that it was changing the old pipelines.

The petition, which arose from an application, had submitted that old leaking pipelines had resulted into gutter water mixing with the drinking-water. After the court issued notice, the Nagarpalika submitted that it had taken steps to change the pipelines.

It was submitted on behalf of the Nagarpalika that some pipelines had been already changed and remaining 1,000 metres-long was to be changed.

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The urban development department also filed an affidavit and submitted that 25 per cent of Rs 69 lakh sought by the Nagarpalika had been released and that the second instalment of Rs 17 lakh had also been released.

Besides, the Nagarpalika submitted that it had invited tenders for laying the pipelines and that the work would be completed at the earliest.

The court disposed of the petition with the observation that it did not find reason to doubt the Nagarpalika’s sincerity.

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