A Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) was filed searching for permission to carry out Chhath Puja on the banks of the Yamuna River, difficult the ban on the ritual. Nonetheless, the Delhi Excessive Courtroom refused to challenge any instructions, citing the extreme contamination of the Yamuna River. The bench led by the Chief Justice of Delhi emphasised that permitting folks to carry out the puja within the river might result in well being points, referring to a current case the place a person fell ailing after taking a dip within the polluted water and was hospitalised.
The court docket additionally highlighted that just about 1,000 various areas had been designated for the puja, with ample preparations made for the celebration. In consequence, the petition was dismissed. The Courtroom said that there are different ghats and designated areas the place folks can carry out the puja safely. The court docket noticed that the ban was possible imposed because of the excessive air pollution ranges within the Yamuna River, warning that folks might fall ailing from bathing in such poisonous water.
The Courtroom was listening to a plea filed by the Purvanchal Nav Nirman Sansthan, searching for permission to carry out Chhath Puja on the banks of the Yamuna River. The petitioner argues that permission was beforehand denied through the COVID-19 pandemic, and now the restrictions have been reimposed, stopping folks from performing the puja within the conventional method in Delhi. The Delhi authorities’s counsel knowledgeable the court docket that various preparations have been made for folks to conduct the ritual at these different areas.
Because the four-day Chhath pageant started with the standard ‘Nahay Khay’ on Tuesday, a troubling sight disrupted the non secular spirit alongside the banks of the Yamuna River close to Kalindi Kunj in Delhi. Devotees just lately had gathered in massive numbers to supply prayers and carry out the ritual holy bathtub, an integral a part of the pageant devoted to the Solar God. Nonetheless, their devotion was overshadowed by the sight of poisonous foam floating on the river’s floor, serving as a grim reminder of town’s ongoing air pollution disaster.
