The Karnataka High Court on
Tuesday directed the state government to list out steps taken by it to provide
drinking water to two talukas in Bidrai district.
The division bench of
Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad said that “Right
to have drinking water is a part of Right guaranteed under Article 21 of the
Constitution of India.”
The bench was hearing a petition
filed by one Gurunath Vade who claimed that residents of Aurad (B) and
Kamalnagar Taluka in Bidar district are facing severe drinking water shortage.
The counsel for the state
argued that it would have to be a policy decision which needs to be taken by
the government as the laying of pipe line would require a huge investment.
It was also pointed to the
court that water is being provided through tankers and bore wells, thus there
is no acute scarcity (Excerpts from Live Law)
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
President Elect Confederation of
Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania
(CMAAO)
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart Care Foundation of
India
Past National President
IMA
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