The Court was considering a petition that was filed in the year 2018 regarding the blockage of the Perandoor canal within the Cochin Corporation resulting in inundation of roads.
Over the years, the Court had passed various orders in the case to control the management of the drains of flood mitigating systems of the city on a regular basis.
“Operation Breakthrough” was one measure that was implemented in the past few years to clear up the extensive canal network that lay across the city. However, the third phase of the operation is still in progress and unfortunately could not be completed due to various circumstances and reasons which have been chronicled in the earlier orders of this court.
Considering the relentless rain that Kerala has witnessed this past week and the resultant flooding, the Court took up the case today, on an emergent basis.
It then directed the head of the operation breakthrough team to file reports along with statements enumerating the steps taken, and to be taken with respect to the flooding situation that residents of Cochin witnessed earlier today.
“The reports shall be comprehensive, so that the court can issue orders to ensure that such events are as far as it is practically possible, averted during this monsoon season, which is at our doorstep already,” the order stated.
Source: Barandbench
