SC asks NDMA to give status of rescue ops
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the NDMA to apprise it within two weeks about the status of rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.
“NDMA to file an affidavit on the status of rescue operations within two weeks,” a bench headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik said.
Counsel for the Uttarakhand government informed the court that pilgrims who were stranded in the various affected areas of the state have been evacuated and that only natives, who didn’t want to move out, were there. The bench posted the matter for further hearing on July 26.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Ajay Bansal, who has sought the apex court’s directions to the Centre and the state government to rescue people stranded in the state.
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