JODHPUR, July 24 -- The Supreme Court has ordered immediate action on the treatment and disposal of accumulated toxic effluents at the Sangariya Common Effluent Treatment Plant and directed the Rajasthan government to invoke graver criminal offences against those responsible for illegal discharge of untreated industrial waste, in the ongoing Jojari River pollution case. The matter was heard by a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta on Tuesday, while the detailed order was uploaded on Thursday. The bench called for affidavits on fresh allegations of industrial pollution across the state and and also made the chief secretary (CS) of Rajasthan personally responsible for ensuring due, timely, and effective compliance with all its directions and ordered the officer to remain present through virtual mode at the next hearing on August 4. The bench passed the directions after considering the Second Status Report of the High-Level Ecosystem Oversight Committee and its comments on the special investigation team's first report. The court instructed the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) to immediately prepare and execute a technical plan for treating and safely disposing of the accumulated tertiary and untreated effluent-laden water lying at the Sangariya CETP. It directed that the entire exercise must be carried out under the direct supervision of the High-Level Committee with scientific testing before and after treatment, while ensuring that no industrial operations of the CETP or its member industries resume without the court's prior permission. The bench asked the authorities to complete the exercise, as far as possible, before the next hearing to prevent any environmental disaster during the monsoon. It also directed the State to file two comprehensive affidavits. One must address serious allegations emerging from newspaper reports regarding industrial pollution and contamination of water bodies in different parts of Rajasthan. "The newspaper reports prima facie disclose issues of environmental concern of a magnitude which cannot be ignored by this Court," it said. The second affidavit must respond point by point to the findings and recommendations made by the High-Level Committee in its Second Status Report....