Expressing serious concern over pollution in Godavari river in view of the forthcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked theMaharashtra government to inform it within a week what contingency plans it had formulated to clean the river water.

A bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka asked the apex committee for the Kumbh Mela, headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to call an urgent meeting and formulate contingency plans for cleaning Godavari river on a war footing. The mela is scheduled to be held between July 14 and September 25, this year in Nashik...............Read more

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