District administration notice to
builders to use only treated sewage water
All construction activity has been
stalled in Gurgaon till the builders make arrangements to use recycled water
from the Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) of Dhanwapur or Behrampur.
The district administration has sent
notices to 81 builders in this regard asking them to stop construction
immediately till they produce a confirmation from the Haryana Urban Development
Authority (HUDA), Gurgaon, to the effect that they are no more extracting
ground water and would use recycled water from an STP of HUDA or any other
source approved by HUDA for construction purposes.
Financial Commissioner &
Principal Secretary (Town & Country Planning) S. S. Dhillon on Saturday
visited the local Golf Course Extension Road and conducted random checks at
some construction sites along with Deputy Commissioner P. C. Meena, HUDA
Administrator Praveen Kumar and other senior officials. At almost all the
places, the construction was found stopped.
Mr. Dhillon said that in compliance
of the orders of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, the builders who have
obtained licence from the Town & Country Department have been directed to
make arrangements for recycled treated sewage water for construction purposes.
He said HUDA would keep a record of treated water taken by each builder from
its STP and whether it was sufficient to meet its needs. He said HUDA and MCG would
provide primary and secondary treated sewage water and the builder would have
to finally treat it (tertiary treatment) at the construction site before using
it for construction purposes.
According to Mr. Dhillon, even
supply of water from tankers at construction sites was prohibited because the
entire Gurgaon district has been notified by the Central Ground Water Authority
(CGWA). He said now if any builder is found using underground water for
construction purposes contempt of court proceedings will be initiated against
him.
Mr. Meena said the district
administration has constituted 25 teams for keeping vigil in their respective
areas and to ensure that underground water is not used for construction
purposes. Till August 20 this year, he added, as many as 634 illegal tube-wells
were sealed and dismantled. After that, intensive checking was carried out
which took the number of sealed and dismantled illegal borewells to 824.
According to an estimate, about 150 million litres of sewage water is treated
daily in Gurgaon. This includes 30 million litres a day (MLD) from Dhanwapur
plant of MCG, 68 MLD from Dhanwapur STP of HUDA and 50 MLD from Behrampur STP
of HUDA. The builders have now been left with no option but to make use of
recycled water from these STPs at their construction sites.
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