Unfortunate that people have to knock on court’s doors to get water after 75 years of independence: HC

Unfortunate that people have to knock on court’s doors to get water after 75 years of independence: HC

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said supply of regular drinking water was a fundamental right and it was unfortunate that people have to knock on the court’s doors to get water even after 75 years of independence.
The strong remarks were made by a division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav while hearing a petition filed by residents of Kambe village in Bhiwandi town of neighbouring Thane district.
They were seeking a direction to STEM Water Distribution and Infra company, a joint venture of the Thane Zilla Parishad and the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation, to supply drinking water on a daily basis.
The petitioners contended that they are currently getting water supply only twice a month and that too for approximately two hours.
On Wednesday, STEM’s Managing Director Bhausaheb Dangde informed the court that water was being supplied daily, but only to one particular point, and claimed the distribution of water from that point to the petitioners’ homes was the responsibility of the village’s gram panchayat.
—PTI

 

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