M. S. LIBERHAN, J.

( 1 ) IN this writ petition, filed under article 226 of the Constitution of India, as public Interest Litigation, the petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus to the respondents to forthwith stop execution of musi River Belt Project also called as "nandanavanam Project" undertaken by the respondents for cleaning and de-polluting the Musi river.

( 2 ) THERE is no dispute that the project in question was undertaken for a public purpose, namely, de-polluting the Musi river, to eradicate mosquito menace in the twin cities of Hyderabad and secunderabad, to make the entire river belt as lungs space for the citizens of Hyderabad etc. Though the petitioner has no serious objection regarding the implementation of the project, but, he objects in regard to the manner in which it is sought to be executed, inter alia, on the grounds that (1) the project includes laying of roads, linking of highway roads, construction of parks, shopping complex and other recreational facilities abutting the river-bed leading to the likely displacement of hundreds of families living for decades on the sides of the river-bed; (2) in years of normal rain fall, it will severely affect the availability

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