HC directs survey of Vrishabhavathi valley

The recommendation was made by NEERI

As the CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has recommended a complete survey of Vrishabhavathi river valley, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the State government to take up the work through revenue authorities. The court said that the survey, as indicated in the report of the NEERI, should be of the whole stretch of the river to check for illegal constructions and encroachments on the banks from the Bengaluru urban area until the limits of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). A division bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued the direction while hearing a PIL petition filed by Githa Misra, a resident, on disappearance of the Vrishabhavathi valley, and pollution of river water and connecting drains.