HC urged to form lawyers panel to visit cholera-hit areas

IBNlive, Sept 29, 2010
Cuttack, Sept 29 (PTI) Alleging that there were contradictory government reports over the cholera outbreak in the state, a miscellaneous case was filed in Orissa High Court urging it to form an Advocate Committee to visit the affected districts and submit a report. Advocate Dilip Mohapatra who has filed a PIL in the matter yesterday told the court that there were discrepancies in the report submitted by the south zone Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) Chandrasekhar Kumar to the government and the affidavit made in the court by Health Department Additional Secretary Anand Chandra Mishra. While the government affidavit painted a rosy picture about the situation, the RDC after visiting parts of Kalahandi district on September 22 and 23 in its report expressed dissatisfaction, informed the petitioner.Meanwhile, the government also submitted its affidavit detailing the status of the situation in at least nine districts under the grip of cholera. The division bench of Chief Justice V Gopalgowda and Justice Indrajit Mohanty has posted the matter to be heard next on October 8.