LAHORE
\nLahore High Court (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim Sunday stressed the need for a halt to the acquisition of agricultural land to build housing societies.
\nHe was addressing a session on \u2018Climate Change and Floods in Pakistan\u2019 on the last day of the two-day Asma Jahangir Conference at a hotel in Lahore. He said that he had ordered to stop the acquisition of agricultural land in the Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) case.
\nHe informed the session that he had also revoked the old colonial law of acquiring agricultural land in the name of building infrastructure. \u201cFor God\u2019s sake! stop acquiring agricultural land. Building housing societies on agricultural land should be stopped now,\u201d he stressed.
\n\u201cIn the RUDA judgment, we had declared that the national security is now the food security. The new name of national security is now food security,\u201d he pointed out. Justice Shahid also said that he had heard a petition on the improvement of environmental pollution in 2018. \u201cThe petition on the environmental pollution has been pending in the court,\u201d he added.
\nThe LHC judge also pointed out that the concept of secure life was in the Constitution, and he added that many judgements of the court were nothing but good paintings. \u201cWe need to do more. Our constitution is a social link between the people and the state. Article 9 of the Constitution guarantees life,\u201d he emphasised.
\nThe judge also claimed that it had been decided to do something practically then. \u201cA notice was taken on the wastage of water in mosques, and this water is now conserved,\u201d he said. \u201cThe water of Data Darbar Masjid is also conserved, and it irrigates Minto Park. Wasted water from cars\u2019 washing is also being utilised,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cVarious housing societies were ordered to pay money to the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA). During the monsoon season, water used to accumulate on Mall Road and Lawrence Road in Lahore,\u201d he informed the session.
\n\u201cNow, an underground water tank has been built to conserve this water. According to the WASA, the groundwater level has not gone down since 2020,\u201d he added. Justice Shahid Karim also threw light on the steps taken for shifting the brick-kilns on better technology.
\n\u201cThe brick-kilns have been shifted to zigzag technology in two and a half years. This year, October sees sunshine which was not visible last year,\u201d he said. \u201cA heavy fine of 200,000 has been set for burning crop residue.
\nThe court also banned plastic bags,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cRising temperature is the biggest problem. Now we will move to controlling temperature. Installing solar panels and planting saplings will reduce temperature,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim Sunday stressed the need for a halt to the acquisition of agricultural land to build housing societies. He was addressing a session on \u2018Climate Change and Floods in Pakistan\u2019 on the last day of the two-day Asma Jahangir Conference at a hotel in Lahore. He said that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1669],"class_list":{"0":"post-291198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-lhc"},"yoast_head":"\n