The division bench, additionally comprising Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, directed that the tram tracks which had been illegally bituminised be restored.
The courtroom directed the Kolkata Police to conduct an inquiry into the complaints of bituminisation of the tram tracks and establish those that had completed so.
The courtroom had earlier directed that there shouldn’t be bituminisation of the tram tracks, however two complaints had been filed with the Kolkata Police alleging that this has been completed in some locations.
The bench stated that it’s exhausting to imagine that the miscreants would have indulged in such an act with out the “blessings of the suitable authorities”.
The courtroom directed {that a} report on compliance be filed earlier than it together with supporting pictures inside 4 weeks, after which the matter can be heard once more.
“Closing down the tram providers is a simple activity, however nonetheless the respondent, being a welfare state, also needs to deliberate to protect the cultural heritage of town of Kolkata,” the bench noticed.
The bench additional stated that when the West Bengal authorities has shaped a separate wing to protect the heritage buildings within the metropolis, it fails to grasp why such a thought course of is just not occurring as far as trams are involved.
The courtroom stated that there are different international locations the place trams are operated, together with Switzerland and identically, as in Kolkata, these tram tracks additionally go via the center of the roads there.
The bench famous that this was cited as one of many causes by the Kolkata Police that it’s leading to accidents and that this stand was reiterated by the state’s Advocate Normal throughout his pleadings.
