HYDERABAD: Vexed at the pollution caused by pilgrim in temples, a division bench of the Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday directed both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments to inform about the steps being taken to ban the usage of plastic in temple premises. The bench suo-moto impleaded AP state in the present case. Banning usage of plastic was not only confined to temples in Telangana but all the religious places in AP state, the bench noted.
The bench comprising Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan and Justice SV Bhatt was dealing with the suo-moto PIL filed on the base of the letter by Principal district judge of Nalgonda as part of Supreme Court orders on maintenance of temples in Telangana. The district judge submitted a report before the court regarding facilities made available to pilgrims visiting various temples in the district.
The bench directed advocate generals of AP and TS to place their arguments and come up with comprehensive suggestions to stop the menace of plastic usage in temple premises in order to extend better facilities to the pilgrims. Every item wrapped in plastic and carried by pilgrims should be stopped immediately, it said before adjourning the case hearing by two weeks.