Clean nullah near your office, HC tells NMC

Nagpur: Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of nullah flowing in the backyard of civic body’s headquarters in posh Civil Lines area that has not been cleaned in a long time.
While appointing Nikhil Padhye as amicus curiae to draft the PIL, a division bench of Justices Ravi Deshpande and Anil Kilor directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to clean it in two weeks.
The bench took cognizance of a media report that exposed how dirt and slush flows through the nullah, which also passes from behind Central Telegraph Office (CTO) and adjacent to Nag Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce (NVCC). As it wasn’t cleaned in a long time, foul smell from it makes life difficult for the nearby residents.
Due to slush, stray pigs have started roaming in the area in big numbers, adding to people’s woes.
Even many roadside garages have cropped up in the entire area illegally and despite repeated complaints to the civic officials by residents, nothing was done to either clean the nullah or remove encroachments.
Even though NMC officials claimed to have cleaned all nullahs, this one right near their own office was ignored completely and the rainy season worsens the problems of nearby residents, the report mentioned.