The Times of India 11.08.2012
Haryana Urban Development Authority seals three borewells in Gurgaon
GURGAON: After the Punjab and Haryana high court's order, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has started sealing illegal borewells in the city.
In the past 48 hours, the civic agency has sealed five borewells in
different HUDA sectors. HUDA sources say that the crackdown was aimed to
the factory owners and institutions in Gurgaon. Earlier, the HUDA had
sealed borewells in residential areas and malls.
On Thursday,
the HUDA sealed a borewell of an industry in Sector 33 and four
borewells were sealed in the same area on Friday. The borewells had been
used illegally in the factories. The HUDA teams landed up at Sector 33
and started the proceeding of sealing the borewells. There was no resistance from the factor owners who admitted that they had not registered the borewells and were drawing water for commercial purposes.
Alarmed at the depleting ground water level in Gurgaon, the
court had ordered the city administration and civic agencies to seal all
the illegal borewells in the city. The HUDA is in an overdrive mode
after the court order and the list of sealed borewells would be compiled
and submitted in the court.
A senior HUDA official said that
all the places like factory, institution and residential areas, which
have the regular HUDA water connection, will face action. The HUDA is
now preparing a list of industry and institution, based on data
pertaining to water connections in the city, which will be checked for
using borewells. Separate teams of HUDA officials have been formed to
find out about the under-construction housing projects in upcoming
sectors. In order to take appropriate action against the private
builders' colonies, the HUDA has roped in the town and country planning
department to cull out details of the private colonies which have water
connections.
Another senior HUDA official said that borewells
being used in the builders' colonies would also be sealed if they are
having HUDA water connections. It may be recalled that the court had
barred any new licenses for new construction in Gurgaon unless the
colonizers gives an undertaking that ground water would not be drawn for
construction.
