to redesign surajpur roads, drains to check annual
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THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI / NOIDA / GHAZIABAD FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021 3TIMES CITY
Greater Noida: The GreaterNoida Industrial Develop-ment Authority (GNIDA) hasdecided to redesign roads anddrainage networks aroundSurajpur collectorate thatgets flooded almost every ye-ar. The work will start afterthis monsoon, officials said.
The development autho-rity has been facing a lot ofcriticism for not being ableto prevent flooding in thearea and other busy parts ofthe city. Although GNIDAhad claimed it had taken pre-ventive measures this timeas well, steady rains that las-ted for about 20 minutes re-sulted in waterlogging inmany locations.
Currently, eight pumpsare being operated to drain
out water. “Surajpur collec-torate building is at a lowerlevel compared to the roadadjacent to it. Also, the dra-
ins near the building do notdischarge water properly asthey remain choked with siltand garbage. It is extremely
difficult to get inside the buil-ding when it rains,” said Ra-mesh Gautam, a resident ofMamura who visited the col-lectorate on Wednesday toapply for a welfare scheme.
On Wednesday, GNIDAblacklisted a company andimposed a fine of Rs 5 lakhon a contractor for not beingable to avoid waterlogging inKulesara area.
For the past couple of da-ys, traffic movement has be-en disrupted on the Dadri-Surarjpur-Chhalera routebecause of flooding.
“On Tuesday, Wednesdayand Thursday, our officialssurveyed all places that re-ported waterlogging. Somecontractors have been iden-tified and action will be ta-ken against them,” said theadditional chief executive
officer of GNIDA, DeepChandra. In Noida, the areanear Mahamaya flyover isprone to waterlogging.
Officials said Noida Aut-hority had spent Rs 74 lakh toavoid such problems on thestretch between Mahamayaflyover and DND flyway loopnear Dalit Prerna Sthal.
“But the efforts have notyielded desired results. Thearea near Mahamaya flyo-ver gets flooded almost eve-ry year and water stays onthe Noida-Greater Noida Ex-pressway days after it stopsraining,” said Sachin Ra-wat, a resident of JaypeeAman in Sector 151.
The stretch on MasterPlan Road 1 that extendsfrom DND flyway to Sector16 underpass also gets floo-ded when it rains.
More Contractors Face Action, Say Officials; Work To Start After Monsoon
To check annual flooding, GNIDAto redesign Surajpur roads, drains
The area near Surajpur collectorate was waterlogged on Wednesday
Himanshu Singh
Noida: With several partsof the city getting waterlog-ged, the district environ-ment committee (DEC) has initiated an enquiryand sought a report on the status of rainwater har-vesting systems in residen-tial societies and commer-cial complexes.
All such constructionsunder Noida and GreaterNoida authorities are sup-posed to have rainwaterharvesting systems, accor-ding to building bylaws. Se-veral public parks also havethem installed.
But the officials saidthat there has been no as-sessment on how manysuch plants are operationalacross the district.
“Rainwater harvestingsystems are essential for re-charging the groundwater.Noida’s groundwater levelis already low and it is depleting every year. Hen-ce, it is important to main-tain the rainwater harves-
ting systems,” said VikrantTongad, an environmentalactivist and member of the DEC. Officials said alllocal authorities would beasked to report on the status of rainwater harves-ting systems.
“The authorities will gi-ve us an update on the sy-stems and how these canhelp recharge groundwater.The report will be discus-sed in the committee’s mee-ting next month,” said Su-
has LY, the district magist-rate and chairperson of the committee.
The committee will alsoprepare a report on the ille-gal RO water plants acrossthe district.
Earlier, the administra-tion had received compla-ints regarding two suchplants last month that wereshut down.
“There are hundreds ofsmall and big RO plants inthe district and they areusing up the groundwater.Most of them may not be ne-eded if the local authority’swater supply system becomes regular. We willhelp the administration tolocate such plants,” Tongad said.
The DEC has also soughta list of waterbodies, wet-lands and solid waste mana-gement plants in the dis-trict and residents’ compla-ints regarding waste mana-gement system.
Officials said an envi-ronment plan has been pre-pared for next year.
Do city bldgs have rainwaterharvesting? Panel will probe
New Delhi: While the skies we-re clear during the day, the situ-ation in the capital changed qu-ickly by the afternoon onThursday. A three-hour spellbetween 2:30 pm and 5:30 pmbrought 72mm of rainfall at Saf-darjung, making it the third ‘he-avy’ rainfall day of the season.
Lodhi Road received73.4mm of rainfall during thesame period as intense showerslashed Delhi, catching commu-ters off-guard and causing wa-terlogging in a matter of minu-tes at several locations. Variousarterial roads in the city facedwaterlogging and witnessedtraffic disruptions. Waterlog-ging was observed in places likeKhyber Pass, Dilli Gate, RingRoad, Yamuna Bazar, betweenSignature Bridge and YamunaVihar, and ITO. Near AIIMS fly-over, snarls were observed dueto very heavy waterlogging andeven ambulances could be seenstuck in the traffic tangle. Seve-ral roads in Civil Lines, HauzKhas, Moti Bagh and Jor Baghareas were inundated. Eveningshowers also led to water get-ting accumulated on roads insi-de the Delhi assembly complex.In east Delhi, waterloggingcomplaints were received fromNew Govindpura, Gandhi Parkand Krishna Nagar.
Delhi Traffic Police issuedan alert late evening regardingobstruction in traffic in the car-riageway from Signature Brid-ge towards Yamuna Vihar dueto waterlogging. The publicworks department has askedDelhiites to report waterlog-ging cases on its helpline num-bers — 011-23490323 and 1800-11-0093. With Thursday’s rainspell, Safdarjung, the base sta-tion for Delhi, has now received463.5mm of rainfall – more thandouble for what is normal forthe month (210.6mm).
India Meteorological De-partment on Wednesday issuedan ‘orange’ alert, forecastingmoderate rainfall across the ci-ty. While the alert was downgra-ded in the morning to ‘yellow’category, IMD by the afternoononce again issued an orangealert. It has forecast ‘moderate’rain for the next four days, sta-ting some parts may record hea-vy rain during this spell, whileother places may record drizzle.
Waterloggingthrows trafficout of gear inparts of Delhi
AN ACTIVIST SAYS
Rainwater harvestingsystems are essentialfor recharginggroundwater. Noida’sgroundwater level isalready low and it isdepleting every year.Hence, it is importantto maintain therainwater harvestingsystems
THE UNENDING ROAD HOMEYogesh Kumar
Thursdays’ rains slowed down the mostly home-bound evening traffic on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, leading to long tailbacks
Noida: A gang that had beenmaking fake Aadhaar cardsand driving licences was bus-ted with the arrest of two peo-ple, said police on Thursday.While Sachin (25) is a residentof Noida phase 2 , Alam (24) isfrom West Bengal’s Gangaram-pur. Alam lives in a rented ac-commodation in Wajidpur.
“They had been runningthe racket for a year. They prin-ted fake documents/IDs andsold them. They have cheatednearly 1,000 people and earnedRs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh a month,”a police officer said.
Ankur Agarwal, additionalDCP, Noida central, said theywere arrested from Gejha. “Wegot a tip-off that the two menare in the village. A team rea-ched and seized 19 Aadhaarcards, five PAN cards, 55 voterIDs, one laptop, one computerand Rs 42,000 from them,” he sa-id, adding that the duo chargedRs 1,200 for a fake driving licen-ce, Rs 150 for an Aadhaar cardand Rs 200 for a PAN card. Theywere produced in court and re-manded in judicial custody.
Gang that soldfake ID cardsbusted, 2 heldAvishek Kumar Dubey TNN
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