The Times of India 18.08.2012
HUDA sealed eleven more borewells in Gurgaon
GURGAON: The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) sealed 11 borewells in different parts of the city on Friday.
The sealing drive took place in Sector 37 where the HUDA
team landed in the morning. A HUDA official said that the plot owners
knew about the sealing drive, which went off without any hitch.
The plot owners were asked to submit an affidavit pledging not to
deseal the borewell in future. The drive against the illegal borewells
is likely to gather more pace now since the next date of hearing is
scheduled on August 21 in Punjab and Haryana high court. The district
administration, along with HUDA, has sealed more than 50 borewells in
different parts of the city.
A senior HUDA official said: “The
sealing of borewells needs to be more stringent because there have been
instance that the sealed borewells are being used by the owners.” After being pulled up by the high court the district administration
swung into action and went after the illegal borewells in the city.
According to a conservative estimate, the city has over 20,000 illegal
borewells.
Meanwhile, the department of town and country planning has found 37 more illegal borewells in the colonizer’s area.
Earlier, several teams of the TCP department had collected data in
builder’s area and had discovered the existence of 165 illegal
borewells. Officias said that the list has been updated and sent to the
headquarter in Chandigarh.
The sealing drive took place in Sector 37 where the HUDA
team landed in the morning. A HUDA official said that the plot owners
knew about the sealing drive, which went off without any hitch.
The plot owners were asked to submit an affidavit pledging not to
deseal the borewell in future. The drive against the illegal borewells
is likely to gather more pace now since the next date of hearing is
scheduled on August 21 in Punjab and Haryana high court. The district
administration, along with HUDA, has sealed more than 50 borewells in
different parts of the city.
A senior HUDA official said: “The
sealing of borewells needs to be more stringent because there have been
instance that the sealed borewells are being used by the owners.” After being pulled up by the high court the district administration
swung into action and went after the illegal borewells in the city.
According to a conservative estimate, the city has over 20,000 illegal
borewells.
Meanwhile, the department of town and country planning has found 37 more illegal borewells in the colonizer’s area.
Earlier, several teams of the TCP department had collected data in
builder’s area and had discovered the existence of 165 illegal
borewells. Officias said that the list has been updated and sent to the
headquarter in Chandigarh.
