Their move follows a Supreme Court order in a contempt of court case that accuses the government secretaries of defying the court´s one-year-old order to clean and conserve the “dead” river.
Secretaries Dr Trilochan Uprety, Dr Uday Raj Sharma, Krishna Gyawali, Deep Basnet and Niranjan Baral are appearing before the court to defend themselves in the case.
Last year, the apex court, taking up a public interest litigation filed by Pro Public, had ordered the government to begin works on clearing, conserving and restoring Bagmati River.
The NGO then moved the court with a contempt of court application as the court order was not implemented.
According to Under Secretary Keshav Bastola at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (PMO), this is the second time that secretaries are appearing in person before the court over the same case.
The apex court had then asked them to make action plan and present it before the court for the second time.
“We will present the Bagmati Action Plan (BAP) and our preparations to clean, restore and conserve the river to the court tomorrow,” Secretary at the PMO Uprety told myrepublica.com.
He said plan aims at restoring and conserving the Bagmati River and its tributaries in an integrated and coordinated manner. BAP covers the Bagmati river system form Shivapuri hill to Katuwal Daha.
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