MUMBAI: The state government has assured that it will consider issuing
directives regarding allotting 30% of ground area for water
percolation, out of the parking space allocated within the housing
society’s premises while constructing building structure. Due to
concretization, there is little scope for rain water to percolate in the
surface which leads to water logging and subsequent rise in

temperature level.

A study by a Congress MLC Anant Gadgil,
who is an architect by profession, has claimed that about 10 lakh sq ft
land has been covered either by tiles of paver blocks within the
society premise.

“Most of the housing societies in the city have parking space covered
with cement concrete or paver blocks leading to water logging during
monsoon and subsequent increase in the temperature as well. The
government should prohibit covering parking space as whole and should
instruct authorities to compel housing societies for maintaining at
least 30% of the parking space with soil and not cover with cement so
that rain water could percolate,” explained Gadgil.

“While constructing a building with parking space of a 5000 sq ft
area, at least 1500 sq ft should be left open without covering with
cement out of the 3,500 sq ft plot allotted to the parking space,”

demanded MLC.