New Delhi, April 1 -- A Supreme Court-appointed high-level committee has deprecated the Rajasthan government for its "meek submission" to "horrendous" industrial pollution that has turned the Jojari-Luni-Bandi river system into a toxic mix of sludge, untreated effluents and municipal waste.

In its first report submitted earlier this month, the nine-member panel flagged widespread regulatory failure, noting that industrial units in Jodhpur, Pali and Balotra -- many located in estates developed by the Rajasthan Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Limited (RIICO), have been "brazenly" flouting environmental norms and discharging hazardous waste directly into the river system.

Headed by former Rajasthan High Court judge Justic...