ALMITRA H. PATEL Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In respect of Suggestions 7 and 8 at p. 3547 which read as under:

(2.) Reference has been made by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner to the extracts from Vol. II, Sectoral Policies and Programmes of Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. It has been submitted with reference to Suggestion 7 that the Government of India and State Governments shall file an action - taken report on formation and time-bound activities of the State Sanitation Councils and Mission-mode Urban Sanitation Mission to be set up during the Tenth Plan (2002-07). For the present we direct the Government of India to file response in respect of this aspect within four weeks.

(3.) With reference to Suggestion 8, it has been submitted that the Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Integrated Plant Nutrient Management with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Ministry of Fertilizers shall set up a Task Force to (i) prepare within 4 months a policy, strategy and action plan for promoting IPNM using city compost along with synthetic fertilizers in every area of agriculture, horticulture, plantation crops, forestry and revegetation of mining overburdens; and (ii) create market demand and supply mechanism for city compost within 50-kilometres radius of all urban local bodies and their compost plants.