Trouble seems to be awaiting some senior officials as the High Court has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Secretary Industry and District Magistrate Haridwar during a hearing on Thursday on the petition filed by Matri Sadan that charged them with non-compliance with the court order of shifting stone crushers operating within five km area of Ganga riverbed.
Informing, Bramchari Dayanand of Matri Sadan who had gone to attend the hearing of the case in Nainital High Court on Thursday, said that things were going in the right direction.
Notably, Matri Sadan had filed a petition in the High Court against five State officials for wilfully disobeying Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act 1986 on May 3. The petition was filed against Chief Secretary S Ramaswamy, IAS Shailesh Bagauli, District Magistrate Deepak Rawat, DlO IPS Rawat and DFO HK Singh.
Meanwhile, the fast undertaken by a Matri Sadan disciple Brahmchari Atmabodhanand against the continuation of illegal mining has entered into its fifth day on Thursday.
Happy over the High Court having slapped notice to three senior officers, the founder of Matri Sadan, Swami Shivanand said, “We are grateful to the court. However, our crusade to save Ganga would continue.”
He further said that despite Ganga having received the status of a living entity, some officials are bent on robbing her of her resources.