JUDGMENT : 1. Pursuant to this Court's order dated September 24, 1996, Dr. Shyam Lal, Director in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi has filed affidavit. Paragraphs 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 are as under: 3.1 The Ministry of Environment and Forests has different programmes for survey of Natural Resources, Conservation of Natural Resources including Forests and Wild Life, Environmental Impact Assessment, Prevention and control of Pollution, Hazardous Waste, Management, Research & Development etc. 3.2 The various programmes and schemes of Ministry and its associated organisations related to pollution prevention through different schemes like: - Environment statistics and mapping - Development and promotion of cleaner technologies - Waste minimization - Programme for improvement of quality of Automotive fuels - Environmental Epidemiological studies - Monitoring of air and water quality etc. 3.4 That the construction of sewerage systems in Puri is the responsibility of the State Government through its local bodies and accordingly the respondent humbly submits that, the State Government may kindly be directed to provide funds for that. 3.5 The respondent humbly submits that the Ministry of Environment has no such scheme from which to contribute towards construction of sewerage systems in the city of Puri". 2. The primary function of the Ministry of Environment and Forests is the "prevention and control" of pollution. The construction of a sewerage system is a major step towards the control of pollution. Apart from that, discharge of treated effluent into the sea would protect the marine life which is in abundance in the sea. In our order dated September 24, 1996, we highlighted the fact that the City of Puri the "Abode of Lord Jagannatha" is a tourist resort and of great interest even to the foreigners. The State Government has not been able to construct the sewerage system in the City of Puri till date for one reason or the other. Government of India must render all assistance to the State Government in this respect. We take judicial notice of the fact that huge amount of money is being received as foreign aid specially for the purpose of protecting the environment and controlling pollution. We have, therefore, no hesitation in reaching the conclusion that the Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests is in a position to extend financial help for the Project. We take judicial notice of the fact that huge amount of money is being received as foreign aid specially for the purpose of protecting the environment and controlling pollution. We have, therefore, no hesitation in reaching the conclusion that the Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests is in a position to extend financial help for the Project. We, therefore, request Mr, T.K.A.Nair, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests to look into this matter personally and file an affidavit in this Court by October 24, 1996. 3. Copy of this order be sent to the Secretary to Government, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi. 4. To come up on October 24, 1996.