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Underlining that the water table level in Noida is declining rapidly, Noida Authority CEO Lokesh M wrote to Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma on Tuesday. He has sought action against a group of builders and projects allegedly involved in illegal water extraction or ‘dewatering’.
According to the CEO, several projects were extracting groundwater illegally in Noida sectors 153, 154, and 156. In these sectors, the CEO wrote, “illegal dewatering is being done through pumping for construction of group housing projects” and the public has been complaining about this on his X (formerly Twitter) handle.
The CEO further said an FIR was registered against six projects (Uniexcel Developers, Montree Attire, Jam Vision Tech, King Paceinformation, Vextec Condominium, Motherson Sumi Infotech & Design) at Knowledge Park police station and a fine was imposed on allottees of the land parcel for illegal dewatering on these plots.
Projects of ACE Group and 5D Precast Infrastructure in Noida Sector 154 were fined Rs 5 lakh under The Uttar Pradesh Ground Water Act 2019, said Lokesh M.
“A letter dated 20.05.2024 was issued to the Executive Engineer, Ground Water Department, Gautam Buddha Nagar, to look into these complaints and take action against the guilty builders,” said the CEO.
He also wrote that action be taken against the “guilty allottees at the district level… in public Interest”.
Asked about how many other builders are extracting water illegally, the CEO told The Indian Express, “We had details of these builders and projects. As the groundwater department is under the DM, we have written to him to take strict action in these cases.”
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