The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notices to various agencies of the Maharashtra government seeking replies to a Public Interest Litigation seeking judicial inquiry into the causes of the floods that threw normal life out of gear in Nagpur city last month, and compensation for the affected families.
Advocate Tushar Mandlekar, who represented the petitioners, argued that illegal constructions made by government agencies worsened the situation as natural water channels were blocked.
There should be a judicial enquiry to fix the responsibility, he said, claiming that the overflowing of Ambazari lake, which led to the flooding, resulted from the negligent attitude of the civic authorities.