High Court orders deployment of patrolling team for protection of Phewa Lake

Jestha 27, 2081

Deepak Pariyar

High Court orders deployment of patrolling team for protection of Phewa Lake

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The High Court of Pokhara has issued an injunction to form a joint security patrol team for the protection of Phewa Lake. On Sunday, the court issued an injunction in the name of the opposition to form a joint security patrol team involving local security agencies, city police and representatives of the local level to inspect and monitor at least once a week and submit a report.

Advocate Manoj Ghartimagar filed a writ petition on June 17, 2080, demanding protection of Fewa wetlands. In his petition, Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Surendraraj Pandey, Minister of Industry, Tourism Forestry and Environment Dipendra Bahadur Thapa, Chief Executive Officer of Lake Protection and Development Authority Kalpana Devkota, Chief of Pokhara Metropolitan City Dhanraj Acharya were made opponents. While hearing the petition, the joint bench of Chief Justice Rajan Prasad Bhattarai, Justice Umesh Koirala ordered to continuously increase surveillance by inspecting and monitoring the activities in the four forts of Fewatal, its borders and the entire affected area (watershed area, flow area, drainage area and wetland area). Ordered .

In order to minimize the pollution in Fewa lake and other lakes belonging to the lake group in this area, it is mentioned in the order that arrangements should be made to continuously monitor the activities of the lake shore and control waste from the water flow area.

An order has also been issued to create a mechanism in which representatives of concerned bodies and representatives of civil society active in the protection of the lake area are also involved. Through the said mechanism, the status of the implementation of the standards established on the basis of the existing laws and judicial decisions related to the protection and sustainable development and sustainable use of Fewa Lake, including the report given by the security patrol team, is ordered to make arrangements to compulsorily submit the report to the Supreme Court's Judgment Implementation Directorate and the Office of the High Court Registrar on a bimonthly basis. It is said .

An order has been issued in the name of the opposition not to build any physical structure within the prescribed parameters including the char fort and boundaries of Fewatal. For the purpose of removing the previously built structures within the prescribed parameters of Fewa Lake and beautifying the intermediate area of ​​the lake shore to be maintained, the order states to coordinate with the relevant agencies and prepare a work schedule within the middle of June and arrange to start the work according to the work schedule from July 1. It is mentioned in the order that arrangements should be made to submit the schedule prepared in that way to the Supreme Court's Judgment Implementation Directorate and the Office of the High Court Registrar.

The high court ordered that the use of any heavy mechanical equipment should be fully controlled in the springs that are the source of water in Fewa Lake, its drainage area and the entire watershed area. In the name of the opposition, it is necessary to make a policy decision in order to preserve the natural structure, form and location of the wetlands and to use them only in such a way that they are maintained as they are. The order is .

In order to ensure the protection of dependent aquatic birds in Fewatal, the court has ordered the opposition to conduct programs to encourage farmers who cultivate in the watershed area of ​​Fewatal and the wetlands connected to Fewatal to avoid using any chemical substances . The

order states, 'To protect the spring area and the entire watershed area, which is the water source of Fewatal, and plant trees that are considered useful in such areas to increase the water source, in coordination and cooperation with the active agencies in the field of forest, environment and land conservation, tree planting and Manoj Gharti Magar, the petitioner and advocate, said that an important order has been received from the High Court on the protection of the wetlands. He said that if the relevant agencies work according to the order, the pollution that will be avoided from the pollution of Fewa Lake will also be removed.

Deepak

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