The Patna High Court on Wednesday ordered regular desilting of the Ganga, which had moved five km away from the Patna town, but was dredged back to the original place acting on a High Court directive.

The Division Bench of Chief Justice L Narasimha Reddy and Justice Anjana Mishra directed the Inland Waterways Authority of India that desilting be done every year, to be monitored by the court, in order to ensure a regular flow of water near Patna.

The Bench also ordered that dirt collected in and around the ghats from civil court to Digha stretch be cleaned.

The Court order came after it suo motu took the matter following its attention drawn by the Judge of the Patna civil court about widespread dirt strewn on the banks of the river on the Patna side. During hearing, the Court expressed surprise when told that a few persons were claiming title of land in the river bed and gave the direction that the encroachers go with their title claim to Patna District Magistrate.................Read more

Source web page: The Hindu