MEERUT: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday sought the responses of UP government and Meerut Nagar Nigam on a writ petition seeking removal of several garbage mounds from near an ashram housing over 100 leprosy patients. The court asked the civic body and the petitioner to file counter affidavits by July 25.

Shri Vivekanand Kusth Ashram, located on Delhi Road outside the city limits, was built in 1947. In all, 105 leprosy patients live in the ashram.

Over the years, Nagar Nigam used the vicinity of the ashram as dumping ground for city waste. Now, the ashram is surrounded by multiple mounds of garbage that pose health hazard to the patients in the ashram.

Besides, the link road leading to the ashram is also full of potholes.

According to Bairagi, secretary of the ashram, multiple applications and petitions were sent to Nagar Nigam in the past six years, but no action was taken by the civic authority.

They have been asked to file a short counter affidavit by July 25. The judges said there can be no compromise on the health of the leper home patients."

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HC seeks UP govt 's response on garbage near leprosy patients' ashram in Meerut - Times of India