SC allows Uttarakhand's plea seeking vacation of order on construction activity

Dehradun, September 6: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Uttarakhand government's plea seeking vacation of its August 31 order staying construction activities in the state.

 

A bench of Justices M B Lokur, S A Nazeer and Deepak Gupta also allowed Maharashtra government's plea seeking clarification that there was no stay on construction activity in that state.

The Uttarakhand government had on Wednesday moved the top court seeking vacation of its order staying construction activities in some states and union territories saying it was facing a crisis situation due to artificial lake formation in Tehri Garhwal area after huge landslides.

The apex court had slapped a cost of 3 lakh rupees on the Uttarakhand government on August 31 for not framing the state policy under the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.

The top court had also castigated some states and union territories for their pathetic attitude in not framing the policy on solid waste management and had stayed further constructions there till they brought it out.