Distribution of land by the Uttarakhand Government was questioned on a petition filed by one Pawan Kumar who submitted his report in the High Court. As per the petitioner, the government is defaulting in the allotment of land for people and enterprises according to the Land Reform act of the state, under which it is clearly stated that the government cannot allot land covered by water, or pasture lands for cultivation of crops. Seeing that the state is enough route twenty rivers, that is a considerable amount of land. Due to the eccentric flow, especially during the monsoons, the volume of water in the rivers can be unpredictable, and can also lead to flash floods.
The petitioner further brought to light the deterioration of conditions which is accelerated by human intrusion on the river beds. Activities such as illegal mining of soil, construction of temporary dams, cultivation of crops, etc can potentially change the course of rivers irrevesersibly. This can lead to fatal natural calamities in the future. Erosion of land is also a by product of such activities, which may lead to landslides, especially in mountaneous terrain.
The High Court, under the able consideration of acting chief justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari banished the allotment of land that falls under the category of river land. Furthermore, the HC directed the government to recall any promises of allotment of such land as well.
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