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Allahabad HC orders UP to fix water crisis in 88 Lucknow villages
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to urgently address the water crisis in 88 villages of Lucknow. A division bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla, hearing…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to urgently address the water crisis in 88 villages of Lucknow. A division bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla, hearing a PIL by Utkarsh Lok Seva Sansthan, ordered faster action on five proposed water treatment plants and an early decision on reviving 30 lakes identified for the purpose.
The court was told that land has been allotted for one plant in Nagwamau village, but administrative approval and expenditure sanction from the state government are still awaited. For the remaining four plants, land has not been allotted yet. The bench directed the district magistrate to act on priority and said there should be no unnecessary delay in projects aimed at a permanent solution.
On lake revival, 90 lakes were inspected, 30 were found suitable. The Jal Nigam (Urban) has sent a preliminary report to the Urban Development Department, where a decision is pending. The court directed the state government to decide quickly. The next hearing is on September 24.
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The core problem for these 88 villages is that Lucknow's urban expansion has overtaken rural water infrastructure, leaving them without piped supply or maintained local sources. The state government's own Jal Nigam identified the five treatment plants and 30 lakes as solutions, but both projects are stuck at the same stage: pending approval from the state's Urban Development Department. This means the bottleneck is not technical or financial but administrative within the department. The court has now set a September 24 deadline, forcing the government to either approve or explain the delay. If approvals come through, the first plant could be built by the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban) within months, but the land allocation for the other four plants has not even started, making a simultaneous rollout unlikely. The real test will be how many approvals the department clears before the next hearing.
Source: telanganatoday.com
This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
