Plea in HC seeks UGD for Channapatna

Residents apprehend that Kanva river may get polluted like Bengaluru’s Vrishabhavathi river

The High Court of Karnataka has ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition which has expressed apprehension that Kanva river in Channaptna may get polluted like Vrishabhavathi river in Bengaluru due to the failure of Channapatna City Municipality in providing underground drainage facility. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order in the petition filed by M.K. Chandrashekar and other residents of Channapatna hailing from different walks of life. Channapatna, famous for toys and silk, was upgraded to the status of a city municipality 25 years ago, but no UGD has been provided and the sewage is being let out into water bodies and the rivers around the city, including Kanva river, the petitioners pointed out.