HC seeks board status report on Majuli

Gauhati High Court today directed the Brahmaputra Board to submit a status report on steps taken for the protection of Majuli island from floods and erosion.
The board will have to furnish the report before the court on or before November 22.

The interim order was passed by a division bench of Justice A.K. Goel and Justice Amitava Roy during the course of hearing a public interest litigation (number 84/2010) filed by Manoj Bora, president of the Assam Yuva Parishad and a resident of Majuli.