Pulling up the Rajasthan Government for failing to take measures to restore the Jojari–Bandi–Luni river system in Western Rajasthan, the Supreme Court has set up a High-Level Ecosystem Oversight Committee to prepare a comprehensive, time-bound River Restoration and Rejuvenation Blueprint for the entire river system and ensure its phased implementation.

“The constitution of this Committee is necessitated by the scale of the harm, the complexity of the remedial actions required, and the imperative of ensuring sustained institutional oversight so that the directions of the National Green Tribunal, as well as those of this Court, are implemented in both letter and spirit,” a Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta said in its November 21 order.

Headed by Justice Sangeet Lodha,

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