Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 11 (ANI): Senior Congress chief Digvijaya Singh on Sunday demanded a judicial enquiry into the Indore water contamination disaster.
Singh pressured that it’s CM Mohan Yadav’s accountability to make sure that a judicial probe is carried out into the matter.
‘There ought to be a judicial inquiry. Accountability have to be fastened in order that others get a lesson. A judicial inquiry is required into the matter…It can also be the accountability of the Chief Minister himself,’ he informed reporters.
Suspecting corruption behind the problem, Digvijaya Singh additional stated that the judicial inquiry ought to decide the information of the incident and that strict motion ought to be taken in opposition to these accountable.
‘This is a really painful incident, and subsequently, the Congress get together calls for a judicial inquiry carried out by a sitting choose with public hearings. The inquiry ought to decide the information of the incident, and strict motion ought to be taken in opposition to these accountable. Because this basically includes the Jal Jeevan Mission… and there may be large corruption concerned,’ he informed ANI.
Earlier on January 6, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court held a listening to on Indore’s Bhagirathpura water contamination case and expressed severe concern over the incident, searching for an in depth report of the matter on the subsequent listening to.
The Court additionally directed the state’s Chief Secretary to seem earlier than it via video conferencing on the subsequent listening to scheduled for January 15. The court docket heard all of the petitions associated to Bhagirathpura case collectively, together with a petition filed by Indore High Court Bar Association President, Ritesh Inani.
The water contamination incident in Indore’s Bhagirathpura has sparked widespread criticism, because it claimed a number of lives and affected many households. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav introduced Rs 2 lakh in monetary help to the households of the deceased and free therapy for all affected folks. (ANI)