Nagpur: A Gadchiroli resident has approached the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court contending that fatal accidents are taking place on Allapalli-Ashti national highway due to iron ore mining activities in Surjagarh.
A division bench comprising Justices Atul Chandurkar and Mahendra Chandwani on Wednesday issued notices to the respondents, including the Union ministry of road transportation and highways and state motor vehicles department.
The public works department’s national highway division, Gadchiroli collector, zilla parishad chief executive officer, gram panchayat secretary of Shatigram and Chuttugunta villages, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), Lloyds Metals & Engineers Ltd, and Thriveni Earth Movers are the other respondents, who were told to reply before the end of vacations next month.
