SC to hear plea to ban water supply to Maha liquor industry

The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay high court had recently asked the state government to curtail water supply to the liquor industry by 60 per cent from May 10, which would be in effect till June 27.

A Vacation Bench of Justices AM Sapre and Ashok Bhushan posted the next hearing on May 23, after a lawyer mentioned the plea saying that instead of curtailed water supply, there should be no supply at all as the entire region is facing acute shortage.

The Bench, which agreed to hear the plea, said filing petition on the issue would not solve the problem. “From where will drinking water come? There is no water. Do you think by filing petition water will come,” the Bench said.

The counsel added that people were dying in the region due to water shortage. He said people were being deprived of drinking water as it was being given to the liquor industries.

Earlier, the Bombay high court had asked the state government to cut supply to other industrial units in Marathwada by 25 per cent after May 10.