Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Thursday directed NMC assistant commissioner from Zone-4 (Dhantoli) Kiran Bagde to remove garbage from periphery of Gandhisagar Lake and also maintain hygiene and cleanliness on its entire premises. She was told to file report within four weeks.
The directives came while hearing a PIL (No 94/2018) by Pawan Dhimole and others pointing out unhygienic conditions of historic lake in Mahal also referred as ‘Shukrawari Talao’ where garbage is strewn all over. He also submitted photographs depicted the filthiness around lake’s periphery.
“We’re informed that lake’s maintenance from the point of hygiene, encroachment and garbage removal is with the corporation. Since, this statutory authority is already entrusted with this task, we place the responsibility of ensuring that garbage is removed from the periphery and necessary steps are to be taken to maintain hygiene and cleanliness,” a division bench comprising justices Nitin Jamdar and Anil Kilor said, while adjourning the hearing till February 10.