{"id":185205,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/demand-to-appoint-a-committee-to-look-into-the-matter-of-continuous-on-30-november-1999"},"modified":"2017-01-22T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T05:06:11","slug":"demand-to-appoint-a-committee-to-look-into-the-matter-of-continuous-on-30-november-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/demand-to-appoint-a-committee-to-look-into-the-matter-of-continuous-on-30-november-1999","title":{"rendered":"Demand To Appoint A Committee To Look Into The Matter Of Continuous &#8230; on 30 November, 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Demand To Appoint A Committee To Look Into The Matter Of Continuous &#8230; on 30 November, 1999<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>     Title: Demand to appoint a committee to look into the matter of continuous soil erosion by the Padma and Ganga River in West Bengal. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=%20%0ASHRI%20ADHIR%20CHOWDHARY%20\"> <\/p>\n<p>SHRI ADHIR CHOWDHARY <\/p>\n<p><\/a>(<a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=BERHAMPORE%2C%20WEST%20BENGAL\">BERHAMPORE, WEST BENGAL<\/a>): Respected Deputy-Speaker Sir, I take this opportunity to express my concern which is a sensitive one and which has already assumed national dimension. The severe erosion caused by the fury of the rivers Padma and Ganga has become a nightmare of the people of my State. <\/p>\n<p>Sir, it is appalling to note that since 1971, one hundred square kilometers of land has been engulfed by the erosion of these rivers. Two commissions were constituted to review the erosion. One was Pritam Singh Committee and the other was Keskar Committee. But no follow up action has been taken so far. The situation is further compounded by the indifferent and callous attitude of the State Government of West Bengal. A comprehensive plan has yet to be prepared. Lakhs of people have been rendered homeless, assets worth crores of rupees have been lost.\n<\/p>\n<p>So, I would like to propose that a parliamentary committee be set up to review the situation afresh.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lok Sabha Debates Demand To Appoint A Committee To Look Into The Matter Of Continuous &#8230; on 30 November, 1999 Title: Demand to appoint a committee to look into the matter of continuous soil erosion by the Padma and Ganga River in West Bengal. SHRI ADHIR CHOWDHARY (BERHAMPORE, WEST BENGAL): Respected Deputy-Speaker Sir, I take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Demand To Appoint A Committee To Look Into The Matter Of Continuous ... on 30 November, 1999 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/demand-to-appoint-a-committee-to-look-into-the-matter-of-continuous-on-30-november-1999\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Demand To Appoint A Committee To Look Into The Matter Of Continuous ... on 30 November, 1999 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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