SUO MOTU Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE city of Udaipur, nestled in a beautiful valley of Aravali Hills, is well known for its natural as well as artificial beauty. Being situated at the bank of lake of Pichhola and Fateh Sagar, the city is also known as "City of Lakes". The city is attracting a huge number of tourists from every corner of globe. The lakes situated in Udaipur city and in nearby area are not only attracting the tourists but are like life time of the residents of Udaipur. In a well known English Newspaper "The Times of India" (Jaipur edition) dated October 8, 2014, a news item with a title "Dirty lakes, dead fish mark end of festive season" appeared, giving details of the ills suffered by the lakes of Udaipur city due to ignorance of the residents of the city. The news so appear reads as under:

(2.) FROM perusal of the facts given in the news authored by Geeta Sunil Pillai, it appears that citizens of Udaipur are failing in observing their fundamental duty enshrined under Article 51 -A(g) of the Constitution of India. As per the provision aforesaid every citizen of India is duty bound to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures.

(3.) THE Hon'ble Prime Minister of the country has also taken the issue of cleanliness and hygiene as a mission being a fundamental need for a dignified life. The entire executive is taking this task at priority. However, it appears that the citizens of Udaipur city as well as the local bodies at Udaipur are not taking adequate care of the lakes. The facts stated in the news item referred above demands to take suo motu cognizance of the facts stated therein.