Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice Abhay Mantri at the High Court here, have accepted the unconditional apology submitted by the State Chief Secretary Manoj Saunik, who was present in the Court, in compliance with the direction of the Court issued yesterday (Wednesday) during the hearing of the PIL filed by Ramgopal Bachuka and three other residents of the Ambazari area, which were severely affected due to recent floods there and insensitivity displayed by the respondent authorities regarding adverse conditions, which had affected 26,612 families. Through an affidavit, the Chief Secretary assured the HC that henceforth, the orders passed by the Court in this PIL will be complied with scrupulously and without any delay. He informed the Court that he had conducted the meeting of all concerned authorities on December 15 last and had instructed all of them to accelerate works and to undertake the same on priority basis and also in compliance with the directions of the HC.

 

He also informed the court that he would see to it that appropriate measures were taken by the concerned Departments including the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on priority basis. He said he was also working on setting up a high level committee of 4-5 Secretaries of the concerned departments to work on executing the plans regarding averting the possibility of such natural calamity in future. The HC has also been informed that each of the affected 26,612 families have been paid Rs 10,000 per family by way of compensation.