HC seeks report on garbage management in Srinagar

The High Court on Monday directed Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to report within a week how garbage collected in the summer capital city is dumped and treated.  

A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and JusticeRashid Ali Dar directed the SMC to furnish the details about stepwise method ofgarbage collection its segregation, dumping and how it is ultimately treated inSrinagar. 

   

The direction came after advocate Momin Khan on behalf ofSMC submitted that he shall file the status report which he said was readybefore the Court within a week. 

The Court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation byadvocate A R Hanjura, seeking to curb dog menace in Srinagar City. 

Meanwhile the court directed Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment to inform it in a week about the decision taken on a request made bythe SMC with regard to financial support to complete project on dealing withthe dog sterilization in Srinagar.  

The court issued the direction after it observed that theHousing and Urban Development Department had not informed it as to in whatmanner it has considered the request made by the SMC by its letter dated 10 May2018 for requisite financial support. The SMC has contended before the courtthat the project on dealing with the dog menace in the Srinagar City is beingrun by the Corporation from its internal meager resources.

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