Alaknanda Hydro Power Co.Ltd vs Anuj Joshi & Ors on 13 August, 2013
2) According to the petitioners, as the authorities have not prepared
themselves adequately to deal with the possible tragedy, if it occurs,
the situation is such that should the rains commence on time in the last
week of June 2014, a huge tragedy may well unfold taking many lives
and destroying property once again as happened last year. The
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petitioners have also referred to various orders passed by this Court in
the case of Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Ltd. v. Anuj Joshi &
Ors., (2014) 1 SCC 769, and the grievance is that in spite of those
orders, adequate measures have not been taken by the authorities. In
this petition, therefore, the petitioners urge upon this Court to give
specific directions to the Indian Army, Border Roads Organisation and
the State authorities to immediately, on a war footing, carry out the
public works in the first instance, in accordance with the crisis public
works listed in the prayer clauses and also to carry out the emergency
public works required to be done, as mentioned in the various reports
of the State authorities, which are referred to in the petition.