New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the increase in food prices because of poor rains was “terrible” for the common and advised the government to contain the problem.
"A terrible situation has arisen due to the failure of monsoon in the country. The prices of common man's food like dal are going up. The work should be done in the spirit of patriotic duty," a Bench comprising Justice Markandeya Katju and A K Ganguly observed.
The court asked the Centre and the state governments to extend all possible financial, administrative and technical help to an expert government committee to recommend measures to overcome water crisis in the country.
The Bench was hearing a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) relating to the water crisis in the country. It also perused the report submitted by a Committee headed by Science and Technology Secretary T Ramasamy.
The Centre told the court on Monday that it was exploring utilisation of sea water as one of the alternative means for meeting acute water crisis that has gripped the country in recent years.
To overcome these problems and chalk out a long-term solution, a strategy christened 'WAR for Water" (winning, augmentation and renovation for water) has been formulated with a 23-member technical experts committee headed by
Ramasami as chairperson, the Centre said in an affidavit filed through the Department of Science and Technology.
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