water inflow in the river. The water of the river crosses all limits at the time of flood. Due to heavy inflow of water, the poor and weak points of the road having not been maintained properly, it could not be able to withstand the situation. Consequently, the road is being washed away causing heavy damage to village Rudhia Dhantri. The embankment road is passing over the river Baitarani. From Baitarani Road connecting to Jajpur town passing over different villages such as Salaba, Bagiria, Solapata, Hatpur, Jalanda, Gouripur, Icchapur, Rangaranga, Sarsada, Khiro, Dhanatri, Mahatakar, Govindpur and Rudhia Dhantri. In the recent flood, the road passing over the river Baitanani near village Rudhia Dhantri was over flooded and at some places attempts were made to fill up the poor and weak points with sand packets and at some nearby places the roads have been washed way flooding the nearby villages and paddy fields. In the event, a long term lease is granted for lifting of sand, it will cause more damage to river embankment and cause grave prejudice to the villagers. Therefore, the villagers have objected to such notification issued for putting different sand quarries into auction on the river Baitarani vide Annexure-1. Since no action was taken, the petitioners have approached this Court by filing this writ petition.
