Savita Kumari, a denizen of Hazaribagh, had made a complaint of encroachment of Dhobia pond and Jhinjharia canal by some powerful persons of the town before the green tribunal, Jharkhand last year. The tribunal took this complaint seriously and lodged a case no. 99/16.
On Monday an inspection team constituted by green tribunal visited Hazaribagh under the leadership of forest officer AK Parmar and measured the areas of both pond and canal situated in the midst of town.
As per the records of Hazaribagh Municipal Council Dhobia pond was in 7.5 acres area but in today’s measurement it was found that the pond has been badly encroached and presently it covers only 5 acres area. In encroached 2.5 acres area many apartments and beautiful multi-storied buildings has been built. Similarly as per government record the width of Jhinjharia canal was 40 feet and today the inspecting team found it of 20 feet width only.
The team members said that they will submit their report to the tribunal as soon as possible. In this team officials of Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation and district administration were also included. The next date of hearing of this case in the tribunal is 19th July 2017.