A video presented in court by Advocate Hemang Shah, a court assistant in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on Sabarmati river pollution, revealed an AMC (Amdavad Municipal Corporation)  tanker dumping untreated sewage into the mega pipeline.

Shah presented a video to the Chief Justice, showing an AMC tanker discharging untreated sewage into the mega pipeline near Piraṇa.

Shah clarified that this video was sent to him by an official managing the mega pipeline, and the incident occurred on the evening of Aug 6. He further added that due to the lack of adequate sewerage facilities in the Hansol area of the city, sewage collected in the wells there was being directly discharged into the mega pipeline.

Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi took serious note of this revelation and directed the court assistant to submit an affidavit detailing the facts. 

The court has scheduled a special hearing on Aug 9 to further examine the issue. 

This revelation comes after the court had earlier expressed its displeasure with the AMC and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for allowing open discharge of sewage into the river.

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