PATNA: The Patna
high court on Tuesday directed the chief secretary to submit state
disaster management plan in the court by July 2. The order was passed by
a division bench comprising Justice T Meena Kumari
and Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh while hearing a PIL filed by an
NGO, Chhaya Sarkar, for finding a permanent solution to the recurring
floods in the state.
The petitioner had stated that although Disaster Management (DM) Act was passed in 2005 and the National Disaster Management Policy was adopted in 2009, the Bihar government is yet to finalize the state disaster management plan.
The petitioner's lawyer, M P Gupta, said the Union government had in 2009 sought plan from the state government to check the recurring floods in the state, but the state government had not submitted it so far.
Gupta told the court the state government has adopted a dilly-dallying approach in the matter, showing negligence on its part in submitting the plan.
The state government counsel informed the court the draft of the state disaster management plan has been prepared and its finalization is underway. The draft plan has been circulated to different departments for feedback, so that it could be given a final shape. He added it would take three more months to do so.
The court then directed the state counsel to file an affidavit to the effect that the plan would be finalized in three months and asked the CS to submit it before July 2. The latter was also directed to monitor finalization of the plan.
Incidentally, chief minister Nitish Kumar is himself the chairman of the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority. The state disaster management plan will be incorporated in the National Disaster Management Plan. tnn
The petitioner had stated that although Disaster Management (DM) Act was passed in 2005 and the National Disaster Management Policy was adopted in 2009, the Bihar government is yet to finalize the state disaster management plan.
The petitioner's lawyer, M P Gupta, said the Union government had in 2009 sought plan from the state government to check the recurring floods in the state, but the state government had not submitted it so far.
Gupta told the court the state government has adopted a dilly-dallying approach in the matter, showing negligence on its part in submitting the plan.
The state government counsel informed the court the draft of the state disaster management plan has been prepared and its finalization is underway. The draft plan has been circulated to different departments for feedback, so that it could be given a final shape. He added it would take three more months to do so.
The court then directed the state counsel to file an affidavit to the effect that the plan would be finalized in three months and asked the CS to submit it before July 2. The latter was also directed to monitor finalization of the plan.
Incidentally, chief minister Nitish Kumar is himself the chairman of the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority. The state disaster management plan will be incorporated in the National Disaster Management Plan. tnn
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