Shimla, April 3 -- Taking suo motu cognisance of the alleged illegal construction of a 5-km motorable road in the ecologically sensitive Churdhar mountain and adjoining dense forests at Halda Jubbad in Chopal subdivision of Shimla district, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has restrained the state government from using Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funds for the project.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, acting on a complaint, directed the court registry to register a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning the construction of the road through dense deodar forests leading to the shrine of Shirgul Maharaj at Churdhar.
The matter, listed as Court on its own ...