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News India Live, Digital Desk: If you live in Noida and are freely spilling water, then be careful. The ‘Ground Water Level’ of this hi-tech city adjacent to Delhi is falling at a very scary pace. The latest figures have given sleepless nights to the administration and environmentalists. Many sectors of the city are now on the verge of going into ‘dark zone’, which simply means that it will become almost impossible to extract water from the ground here in future.
The water level is slipping 1 to 1.5 meters every year.
According to reports from the Noida Authority and the Ground Water Department, the groundwater level in most parts of the city is falling by 1 to 1.5 meters every year. Where till a few years ago water was available at 20 to 30 feet, now moisture is not available even after digging 100 to 150 feet. The situation remains even more worrying in areas like Sector-62, 63 and Noida Extension (Greater Noida West).
Builders’ negligence and concrete trap
Rampant urbanization is considered to be the main reason behind this water shortage in Noida. Illegal boring done by builders indiscriminately to construct high-rise societies has hollowed out the land. Apart from this, due to concrete mesh being laid on roads and footpaths throughout the city, rain water is not able to seep into the ground. ‘Rain Water Harvesting’ systems are good on paper, but most of them are defective on the ground.
The biggest crisis deepened in these areas
According to reports, the water level has fallen fastest in Sector-15, 18, 27 and industrial areas of Noida as well as in densely populated villages. Due to depletion of groundwater, water quality is also being affected. At many places, TDS level has increased so much that water is no longer fit for drinking and machines are also failing.
Authority’s warning: If you don’t take care, you will be fined heavily.
Noida Authority has now decided to adopt a strict stance to stop wastage of water. There are preparations to impose heavy fines on those who wash vehicles with pipes, pour water on the road or do commercial boring without permission. Also, final notices are being issued to old societies to fix their harvesting systems. Experts say that if work on ‘water recharge’ is not done soon, Noida will have to face a severe water crisis in the future.
