Uttarakhand HC rejects Centre's plea for more time on Ganga panel

NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand High Court has rejected the Centre's prayer seeking more time to constitute a Ganga Management Board and asked Union Water Resources secretary to submit a report on March 20.

A division bench of justices Rajiv Sharma and Alok Singh refused to extend the time frame for constituting the board and summoned the top official with all the relevant records.

The order came on a PIL filed by Dehradun resident Mohd Salim.

On November 8, last year, the same division bench had issued directions to the central government to constitute a management board to look into the cleaning of the holy river.