SC Refuses To Interfere With Bihar’s Sikrahana River Dam Project

Vishwanath Paswan & Ors. Vs State of Bihar & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The case concerns a challenge to the proposed construction of an embankment along the Sikrahna River in West Champaran, Bihar, for which Rs. 239 crores had been sanctioned. Even before the actual commencement of construction, the petitioners approached the High Court through a writ petition. They described themselves as agriculturists and fisherfolk residing in villages along the riverbank, with their homes and cultivable lands situated between the active river channel and the proposed embankment alignment. Read...