The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central govt on a petition that has sought direction to put in place a permanent mechanism for preventing floods in the Brahmaputra river in the northeast.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice S.S. Nijjar and Justice J. Chelameswar also issued notice to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh after it was told that poverty in Assam was linked to the devastation caused by floods.
The petition filed by Prodyut K. Bora, general secretary of the Assam unit of the BJP, sought directions to the central govt and the two state govts to implement the recommendations of the Brahmaputra Board.
The board was formed by the central govt through an act in 1980 for planning and integrated implementation of measures to control floods and bank erosion.
The petition said it was an irony that Assam had failed to cope with devastation caused by recent floods that displaced 22 lakh people.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice S.S. Nijjar and Justice J. Chelameswar also issued notice to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh after it was told that poverty in Assam was linked to the devastation caused by floods.
The petition filed by Prodyut K. Bora, general secretary of the Assam unit of the BJP, sought directions to the central govt and the two state govts to implement the recommendations of the Brahmaputra Board.
The board was formed by the central govt through an act in 1980 for planning and integrated implementation of measures to control floods and bank erosion.
The petition said it was an irony that Assam had failed to cope with devastation caused by recent floods that displaced 22 lakh people.