Hoardings removed, focus now on concrete foundation

Nashik | Wednesday | 18th April, 2018

Summary:

“All the unauthorised concrete structures on the river bed/blue line and its tributaries have to be removed,” said Pandit. Nashik: Acting upon the order of the high court, the civic administration has removed hoardings from Nandini river but is yet to remove the concrete foundation on the river bed. However, when we visited the spot we saw the hoardings and structures for setting these were removed. The foundation where these were set up had not been removed,” said Pandit.He said the foundations were constructed with cement and concrete by digging 10-15 feet deep into the riverbed/blue line. Petitioner Rajesh Pandit has demanded these structures be removed from the blue line at the earliest.Pandit had filed a public interest litigation in which he held all the government offices responsible for river pollution..