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Allahabad HC Takes Suo-Motu Cognizance Of Poor Town Planning And Garbage Disposal Issues In UP
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News18•05-10-2026, 21:00
Allahabad HC Takes Suo-Motu Cognizance Of Poor Town Planning And Garbage Disposal Issues In UP
- •The Allahabad High Court expressed serious concern over development authorities failing to allocate space for garbage disposal and power transformers in Uttar Pradesh layout plans.
- •A new suo-motu PIL has been ordered by the Lucknow bench to address layout plans, town planning, and essential facilities.
- •The court noted that installing transformers on roadsides after colony development causes severe traffic congestion and public inconvenience.
- •Justices Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla emphasized that town planning must address both current demands and future residential requirements.
- •Key state departments and development authorities, including the Lucknow Development Authority and UP Power Corporation, have been impleaded as parties for the next hearing on October 16.
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The court took serious note of development authorities failing to earmark adequate space for garbage collection, disposal, and power transformer installations in layout plans, which causes traffic obstructions and impacts residents' right to a clean environment.
The court directed that the Housing and Urban Planning, Urban Development departments, Housing and Development Council, Chief Town and Country Planner, Lucknow Development Authority, Municipal Corporation, UPPCL, and Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam be impleaded.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court scheduled the next hearing for the public interest litigation on October 16.
