Tamil Nadu government told not to prevent protests over water crisis
Chennai water crisis
The Madras High Court while urging the Tamil Nadu government to work with organisations interested in conservation of water bodies, in the wake of severe water crisis faced in several parts of the state, has told the state government not to prevent protests highlighting the water woes in the state, news agency PTI reported.
Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the observation on Friday while directing the Chennai Commissioner of Police to allow Arappor Iyakkam, an NGO, to hold a demonstration highlighting the present water crisis in Chennai and the causes for it on June 30 near Valluvarkottam in Chennai, the report added.
"The issue that is sought to be projected during the protest is a burning issue about which the people must be made aware. The government is taking all its efforts to ensure that water is supplied to the nook and corner of the city.
"However, it is important to realise as to why we have reached the present state of affairs as a result of various water bodies that were allowed to be encroached in the past and virtually destroying the eco system," the judge said.
Noting that the issue requires serious consideration, the judge said awareness must be spread all over the state and that the NGO was one of the pioneers in it.
The court also said these were issues that any government in power should never take as an affront and must make efforts to improve the situation and work along with associations that are interested in the conservation of water bodies.
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Awareness is the only way through which the situation can be brought under control and therefore, protests of this nature should never be stopped, it observed.
On June 20, the Commissioner of Police had rejected the NGO's application seeking permission for the protest on the grounds that another organisation had sought permission on the very same day and that it would result inlaw and order problem.
Aggrieved, the petitioner approached the high court.
Several parts of Tamil Nadu, especially the state capital, have been reeling under severe water shortage since last month owing to poor storage in various reservoirs following deficit rainfall.