Exotica Fresco: Incidents of vehicle collision rise with closing of nearby cut

A resident of Exotica Fresco, a high rise in Sector 137, Noida, had a close shave from what could have been a bigger tragedy when he was coming out in his car from society gate. As he was exiting from the gate, his car was hit by another one from the front.

Commuting outside the society has become really dangerous since the closing of a cut around hundred meters away from the gate. Now, the commuters brazenly drive in opposite direction risking accidents on the road.

In fact, in another incident, two cars collided just few days after the closing of cut. Residents complained that the authority had not consulted them before the cut was closed four days ago. They claimed that it is now resulting in rampant violation of traffic rules.

A resident of the society, Pramod Taragi informed that a fellow resident of his society had also met with a minor accident on Friday morning. When he came out from the society and took left turn to go towards Sector 137 metro station, another commuter driving in opposite direction hit his car few meter away from the society.

“Although he noted the car number and reported it to the local police, offender escaped as he was driving in the wrong lane of the road,” he added.

Taragi, who is an IT professional, complained that this happened due to violation of traffic rules. He said that a cut, which was after the metro pillar on road leading to Sector 137 from Sector 92, was closed without considering residents' convenience in mind.

Taragi also complained to Noida Authority and traffic police via social media handle and demanded opening of the cut closed recently. He said that they were demanding speed breaker on this road to limit the vehicles' speed but the Authority failed to meet the demand. On top of it, the Authority closed the cut.

Another resident said that they have also seen buses of Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) going in wrong direction. Himanshu Pant, another resident told that he has also written to the Noida Authority demanding corrective action for restoration of the cut.

According to Rajeev Tyagi, General Manager with Noida Authority said that the cut has been closed by city traffic police not by the Authority. 

On Contacting Anil Kumar Jha, SP Traffic, he said, “Complaints of accidents were received from residents of societies in the sector 137. Then it was proposed to close the cut for their safety. But, it was closed, they are saying that accident is taking place due to this.”

He assured that the spot will be visited again by his officials to study the best option for avoiding accidents on this road.

Ghaziabad civic body starts issuing notices to bulk waste generators across city

The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) has begun serving notices to the bulk waste generators in the city asking them to dispose of and treat their wet/organic and solid waste generated by themselves.

The bulk waste generators are a category where an organisation generates waste of 100 kilograms per day and more. Residential societies, schools, colleges, and hotels fall in this category.

Assistant Municipal Commissioner of GMC, Pramod Kumar, informed that these organisations are being sent the notices currently. He also informed that several housing societies of Vasundhara Zone, especially in Kaushambi area have got such notices wherein their managements have been asked to come up with a waste disposal plan failing which a penalty and legal action can be taken against them.

"One of such notices has been sent to Satpura Tower in Vaishali," Kumar added.

Pramod Kumar said that under Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the bulk waste generators will need to dispose of the organic waste while the other categories of waste namely 'dry and hazardous' will be taken away by a vendor or Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam through doorstep collection.

"Very soon, all housing societies in Vasundhara and Vaishali will be sent notices to start their own waste disposal," Kumar concluded.

Talk on health, long life for elderly held in Dwarka

A talk on health and longevity for elderly people was organised by Seniors Hub Dwarka, a social organisation for aged men and women, on Friday at their premises located in Sector 19. The programme was jointly supported by HelpAge India.

Speakers Anil Chopra and Puneet Tiwari highlighted the topic through their own model, suggesting nine ways to live longer. These were- food, sleep, de-stress, attitude, relationships, movement, incorporating ecosystem, spirituality, awakening and liking.

People across the sector attended the talk and interacted with the speakers. President of Seniors Hub, RK Jain, while welcoming the members and speakers stressed the need for a healthy and long life in the present circumstances.

General secretary of Seniors Hub, Ravi Jaitley, thanked the HelpAge India’s representatives and the gathering present there.

Informing that the next session will take place on July 5, Jaitley told City Spidey said that such talks would continue periodically.

"We will try to give added information to the senior citizens every time we hold such talks so that they can get benefits out of it for their health and social life," concluded Jaitley.

Shipra Sun City: Kids make adults aware of 'road rage' through street play

Road rage is a grave civic offence which often leads to serious casualties of parties indulging in it. Hot-headedness and uncontrollable anger are the reason behind this problem. However, it could be controlled if its risks become a matter of public discussion. The initiative to bring out this underrated problem in public has started, by the children of Shipra Sun City, Ghaziabad. On Friday evening, the kids performed a street play in the society park in an attempt to bring awareness about this dangerous habit in which adults generally engage.

With their 20 minutes of performance in front of more than 100 people, the kids staged the root cause of road rage incidents and their perils through the play named 'Hatke-Bachhke'. The play directed by Arvind Gaur of Asmita theatre group was staged after a workshop of over two months.

"More than an offence, it is an uncultured act which should not happen in a civilised society," said Rati, one of the organisers of the play.

"A mere moment of fit of rage, people even kill each other for petty issues like abrupt overtaking of their vehicles by another vehicle. This is dangerous," Rati added.

"While the adults are adamant, they do not listen to people of their age. Hope coming from the kids, the parents and others would take the advice of not indulging in road rage incidents seriously," Rati commented.

In terms of magnitude, road rage incidents are exponentially rising in India. In 2015, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reported over 45,000 incidents that caused injury under ‘rash driving’ and ‘road rage’.

To take this into account, some lawmakers, police departments and other stakeholders are demanding that ‘behaviour patterns’ that qualify as road rage be defined under the Motor Vehicle Act, which is pending key amendments.

In 2018, V Vijay Sai Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP of the YSR Congress Party, speaking in the Parliament, demanded a definition of ‘road rage’ included in the Motor Vehicle Act.

File FIR against violators of construction norms, orders Gurugram DTCP

Taking a tough stand against the violators, the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP), Gurugram has instructed the officials concerned to initiate action and lodge FIR against those property dealers and landowners indulged in illegal construction across the city.

This was announced in the departmental review meeting held at Power Grid Hall, located in Sector 29 on Friday.

During the meet, director of the Town and Country Planning, KM Pandurang reviewed the progress of building plans, occupation certificates, license cases and directed the District Town Planners (DTPs) to settle matters in a time-bound manner emphasising that the Change of Land Use (CLU) is allowed only for 45 days, hence there should be timeline.

The application of CLU is to be followed within the time limit so that the public processes are easy to scale. He also directed the Senior Town Planner (STP) circle for appropriate monitoring and vigilance in the respective district area.

The director of the department also reviewed the proposal for land transfer of the green belt, division of sectors, and 18-meter road and 24-meter road sector roads.

DTCP also expressed dissatisfaction with the laxity shown by the officers and emphasised the adoption of e-business / CM Window complaint cell in order to speed up the settlement.

Pandurang further instructed the District Town Planners to propagate the residential colony/scheme to the general public and persuade them to not be involved in unauthorised construction. He also said that the review meeting will be held every month in this regard.

The director, while concluding, instructed the DTPs to coordinate with the deputy commissioner and police administration for the smooth operation of the demolition drive. 

Poorly maintained park irks residents of ATS Greens 2; Noida Authority callous!

Residents of ATS Greens-2, one of the luxury residential societies in Sector 50, Noida have complained against the abysmal state of their neighbourhood park. They said that the park has now literally turned into a dumping ground forcing them to stay away from it.

They said that heaps of garbage can be seen everywhere in the park. No cleaning and sweeping of the footpaths are being done.

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"One cannot believe that it was one of the well-maintained parks," a resident claimed.

Vandana Maheshwari, a regular visitor of the park and resident of Sector 50 said, "The park besides A-57 in Block-A of the sector, lacks cleaning and regular maintenance. The facilities are getting deteriorated here over the years. Everything is lying in a dilapidated state."

Around 4 to 5 years ago, this park was being maintained by a private developer, who did landscaping and the park was restructured accordingly. It was looking so nice that many residents of the society used to visit it frequently. But the state is poor now, it is badly stinking. None of the residents wish to visit this park.

Maheshwari, a vigilant resident of the sector took the pain of talking to the contractor appointed by the Noida Authority regarding the maintenance of this park. She told that despite warning the contractor and on-duty gardener of severe action, they did not bother to clean it.

"Though, they say that the park will be cleaned but it seems to be lip service. It is sheer negligence on the part of the authority which fails to maintain the facilities developed for residents," she added.

City Spidey tried to contact officials of the Department of Horticulture, Noida Authority but they were unavailable to comment.  

'Prateek Wisteria complies with sewage treatment plant norms'

Prateek Wisteria, a high-rise in Sector 77, Noida is following the sewage treatment plant's norms, claims a test report prepared by Newcon Consultancy and Laboratory (NCL). The conclusion was made after it analysed the treatment of wastewater generating from society recently. 

NCL, which is certified and recognised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), is an environmental technology development laboratory and consultancy service organisation.

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It conducted a test of the treated wastewater of the sewage treatment plant in the above-mentioned society. According to the report by the NCL, it says that level of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS) and oil and grease are in compliance to prescribed parameters.

The report, which came on June 29, says that the sample collected from the society was tested and analysed. According to analysis, the BOD is 17 against the prescribed 30 per milligram. The COD is 78 against the prescribed 250 per milligram. TSS is also 28 against the prescribed per milligram.

The society got this test conducted amid the report circulated in media that the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board is likely to issue a penalty to seven high-rises in Noida. According to the report, UPPCB found these societies, which included Prateek Wisteria, in Sector 77, Supertech Capetown, in Sector 74, Golf City in Sector 75, JM Orchid in Sector 76, Aditya Celebrity Homes in Sector 76, Assotech Windsor Court in Sector 78, and Great Value Sharanam in Sector 107, not in compliance to the norms. As the violation or norms found, the UPPCB decided to imposed fine on these societies.

"The STP at his place is contracted to the third party for operation. He said that the society hired consultancy service for testing the treated water. The consultancy collected sample on June 25 and it submitted the report to us. According to this, the society is following the norms," Hemant Kumar, a resident of Prateek Wisteria said.     

Nisha Rai, secretary of Prateek Wisteria apartment owners' association (AOA), told that though the control board is saying that these societies will be penalised for alleged violation of the norms, they remain unconcerned when the sewer water flow in reverse direction from the public drain lines. She demanded that the pollution board should make the report of STP's norms violation public.   

Rainwater harvesting: Residents across Delhi-NCR should take cue from this story

A lot is being talked about and discussed regarding ways to conserve water. One such effective way is rainwater harvesting. It is a practice of storing rainwater for future use instead of allowing it to run off.

Padma Kruti Apartment in the Citylight area, Surat is leading by example when it comes to rainwater harvesting. The video shows a resident stressing on its importance and ways to accumulate it while getting drenched in heavy rain!

Though several initiatives are being taken by the residents' welfare associations (RWAs) and management of residential societies across the cities covering Delhi-NCR, the method will benefit all only if it gets practiced in each and every household of our country.

Shipra Sun City Phase II: Four members elected unopposed to AOA board

Shipra Sun City Phase II held its Apartment Owners' Association (AOA) election in which four new members were elected unopposed and uncontested to the board.

As per UP Apartment Act 2010, 1/3rd of the member should retire annually. On this basis, the board made 4 out of its 10 members retire and held the election on the four posts.

However, only four nominations were filed for the four posts making all the candidates get into the board without any voting.

Agitated flat buyers to protest against delay in possession at Jantar Mantar

Agitated home buyers, who have been affected by the delay in possession of flats in Noida Extension, have decided to stage a protest at 3 pm at Jantar Mantar on June 29. All the protesters are suffering due to delay in possession for a long time now.

"The protest, which will be spearheaded by Noida Extension Flat Owners Association (NEFOWA), will have people who have booked flats in projects of Amrapali, Rudra Buildwell, RG Luxury, Supertech and Jaypee and many more," said Shweta Bharti, general secretary of NEFOWA.

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The buyers alleged that these projects have either been stalled or work progress has been very slow.

As the budget is expected to be presented next week, flat buyers will be demanding from the government to arrange stress funds for the completion of these projects. visitor management system

As well, the buyers are also expected to demand that the government should provide relief by ordering to stop the bank loan EMIs till they get possession at the stalled projects.

Hundreds of Jaypee home buyers to hold candle march at India Gate

Hundreds of home buyers of Jaypee Infratech, the realty company, which is currently undergoing insolvency proceedings, have decided to hold a peaceful candle march at India Gate on June 29. The protest is being seen in continuation to their earlier protest held last week.

K Mitroo, an ex-squadron leader with Indian Air Force, who had booked flat with the realty company, wrote to deputy commissioner of police, Parliament Street, New Delhi, seeking permission to conduct the candle march peacefully at India Gate on the mentioned date.

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The applicant told top cop that home buyers of the realty company wanted to conduct a candle march for which the police is requested to grant permission. He assured to the police that they will conduct it peacefully taking care of law and order.
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The candle march is being organised to register their continuous protest against the government machinery and the developer of this stalled group housing project on Noida-Greater Noida Expressway.
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Early, home buyers of the project staged a protest at Jantar Mantar last week. They have been protesting continuously for getting justice in having possession of their homes.

Mock drill on quake preparedness held in Dwarka's Sec 6, 10

The Delhi Disaster Management (South West) along with police, water, and fire department concerned conducted a mock drill for the residents of Manbhavan Apartment (Sector 10) and in Manipal Hospital (Sector 6) on Friday.

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The drill began at 10:30 am as residents, curious to know more about the methods, gathered at the spot after receiving information on various WhatsApp groups. apartment management system

Management of the society and hospital were involved with the team carrying out the mock drill in which people were made aware of rescue operations and relief measures during the time of incident through demonstrations.


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Talking to City Spidey, president of Manbhavan Apartment JR Meena said, “I am glad that such a drill was organised at our society. We get to learn a lot about the methods to tackle natural disaster like an earthquake. I hope such activities do take place periodically in our area.”

Similarly, environment engineer working with Manipal Hospital, Pooja Mishra, concluded saying, “We organise such exercise twice a year but this was the first time when it was done in an extensive manner.”

'15-minute' yoga session attracts residents of Dwarka!

Have you seen or heard about a yoga session which ends in just 15 minutes? Well, Rakesh Mehra is the man behind this new concept.

Mehra, through his newly-formed organisation called 'Yoga Seed', aims to make such people practice yoga asanas who are beginners.

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You can spot him at the DDA park, located in Sector 10, in the morning around 6:30 where a group of 20 people can be seen following his directions.

His 15-minute session starts with a warm-up for the first 3 minutes. Afterward, he makes people chant Om with 'Om Dhwani'. Following this, they practice Surya Namaskar. Then he makes them do Mandukasana, which proves beneficial for people suffering from diabetes. Yoga expert then makes his students do Pranayama, concluding the session with meditation for 2 minutes. visitor management system

Talking to City Spidey about his 'brief' method of teaching yoga, Mehra said, “It is basically meant for youth and kids because they are the ones who avoid it. Despite being aware of various benefits, people belonging to other age groups too hesitate to adopt it in their daily lives. This is what compelled me to come up with such an idea,”
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“Moreover, people get bored with long sessions. Such brief ones will attract them in the first place without disturbing their daily routine. I introduced this session on Yoga Day and till now I have managed to get 20 people practicing this on a daily basis,” he added.

Mehra concluded saying, “My motto is to provide maximum benefit in minimum time. I hope that through this 15-minute session, I will be able to attract 1 million people till the next Yoga Day event.”

GB Nagar: Police conduct mock drill to acquaint people on earthquake relief ops

As the cities of Noida and Greater Noida fall under seismic zone, which is prone to earthquake, the city police on Friday conducted a mock drill related to sensitising residents on disaster relief and rehabilitation operation.

The drill, which was organised in association with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Fire Service at Gautam Budh Nagar, held at five different prime locations including at a high rises residential society and at shopping malls in these two cities.

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Elaborate arrangements were made at Antriksh Nature, a high rise residential society in Sector 52, Noida, to exhibit the post earthquake situations including relief, rehabilitation operations and evacuation at the affected buildings.

During the drill, residents were shown the activities which are actually carried out by relief response personnel in case of earthquake. apartment management system

A temporary first aid center was set up to show how to serve to the earthquake affected people. During the activity, people were evacuated from top floors of the multi-storied buildings and were rushed to hospitals for treatment.

N P Singh, former President of Federation of Noida Residents Welfare Association, said that the mock drill was so informative that all residents gathered to enlighten themselves.

He proposed that a similar drill would be conducted for each and every residential pockets or societies so that they could enhance their knowledge and be ready to respond, in case of disaster if they meet, to the situation patiently rather getting nervous. visitor management system

According to the police, four other different locations where the drill held included Greater India Place, a shopping mall in Noida; Sharda Hospital, Knowledge Park, Greater Noida; Vikash Bhavan, Surajpur and Pari Chowk in Greater Noida. Officers from respective circle offices and police station were present during the mock drills at these locations.

Supertech Capetown: Big chunk of wall plaster falls leaving residents distressed

The residents became worried about their well-being after wall plaster fell from CV2 tower on Thursday at Supertech Capetown in Sector 74, Noida. They are very affected and now very circumspect to pass through that tower.

Shailendra Baranwal, a resident of the society said that a big chunk of wall plaster fell down early morning when he was asleep. He woke up on the noise of wall plaster fall. 

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He said that when he came out of his flat to see what happened at the residential tower, on-duty guard alerted him not to come close to the residential tower as the plaster is falling.

Baranwal said, “I could not resist myself from coming out. I saw dust all over and big chunk of plaster scattered on the ground.” 
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Immediately, people living in the society were alerted through social media groups and asked to be cautious while passing through the tower. Baranwal alleged that the incident has exposed the builder that he used low quality material during construction of the residential tower.

Sunil Dangwal, a member of the Apartment Owner Association (AOA), said that the incident has been reported to the developer and he was requested to address it. An action by the developer is expected for repairing of the wall from where the plaster fell down.

CCTV cameras to be installed across Dwarka soon

The work related to the installation of CCTV cameras in the sub-city will begin soon as the Delhi government has started dispatching it. Though, the work in other constituencies has started under the supervision of MLAs.

These cameras are being installed following a survey conducted recently besides suggestions and feedback given by residents' welfare associations and management (RWAs) of various societies across the area.

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The installation work began from Kakrola area a few days back and it will soon commence in Dwarka too.



Talking to City Spidey, MLA of Matiala Assembly area Gulab Singh Yadav said, “To begin with, we have started installing these cameras in the colonies that are located in the outskirts of Dwarka. Within three to four days, we will begin the installation work in the sub-city, mainly markets and open areas like internal roads, back and service lanes, etc.” apartment management system

“A total of 300 cameras have been given to each ward that comes under the assembly area. We are focusing to install these CCTV cameras at such spots and places which do not come under surveillance. This will help the local police to curb criminal activities, making the area safe for all,” Yadav added. visitor management system

He further said that surveys and meetings are being done with RWAs to install these cameras at specific spots located near various societies across the city.

According to the information received from the MLA office, 2000 cameras have to be installed in each constituent assembly.

In this regard, MLA of Palam Assembly area Bhavna Gaur said, “The installation work will begin once the survey gets completed.”

RESIDENT SPEAK: 'DJB should work instead of holding workshops on water issues'

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Tuesday organised a workshop to aware the people of the sub-city of various ways to save and store water. Officials of the department concerned, through lectures and powerpoint presentations, explained the general public about various methods to practice rainwater harvesting and ways to use wastewater.

But if you look at the state of water management in the sub-city, the workshop was a mere formality and even, a tasteless joke! One can easily find leaking pipelines all across the area. Wastage of thousands of litres of water every day is simply failing a good meaning initiative by the water department. In such a scenario, what is the point of conducting such workshops if the authority itself is not able to curb the problem in the first place?

DJB is well aware of the persisting problems but seems to give no heed to the issue. This is a serious matter that needs to be addressed promptly. Officials of the board should ensure that not even a single drop of water gets wasted, only then these workshops will make an impact in the community and sensitise people about water conservation.

Prateek Fedora: AOA election runs into controversy with arbitrary rules

With fresh round of Apartment Owners Association (AOA) election scheduled on June 30 at Prateek Fedora, allegations and counter allegations among the residents regarding non-compliance of the norms of UP Apartment Act has reached to a new level.

The society, which has nearly 250 flats, is located in Sector 61, Noida. It was established in 2013-14 and since then elected management committee (AOA) has been looking after the management despite having various difference on issues among its elected members.

However, the fresh conflict which has emerged is more serious than previous ones. It has come to the fore that around 76 flat owners were declared ineligible for neither contesting elections nor voting in the elections.

As per the information, in the last general body meeting (GBM) held last month, the managing committee issued a notification demanding that flat owners have to submit the copy lease certificate of the property. Apart from it, extending the criteria of proxy voting was another issue which many residents opposed. They also did not submit their lease certificates of their flats.

“What surprised us that till last elections, we all were eligible for voting and contesting the elections. I think opposing their unjustified rules worked against us,” said a resident on condition of anonymity whose name was missing from the new list of members of the society.

Displeased with the dictatorial decision by the management committee, they said that a group of residents have complained to the registrar office in Meerut and the district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar and have sought its intervention to conduct fair elections.

A letter submitted to the competent authorities (District Magistrate, Noida authority and Registrar office) signed by 20 flat owners has called the current managing committee defunct as its tenure ended on April 17 this year. They further claimed that out of the three members in the committee constituted for conducting election, two have resigned and hence the committee stands dissolved.

These residents also claimed that the committee had fixed the date of April 21 for the elections and a notice in this regard was issued on March 21. However, the election committee postponed the date and has fixed June 30 for the election.

“This committee has changed proxy voting bye-laws on its own and has demanded lease deed certificates of flats which we have opposed,” said Amitabh Srivastava, one of the complainants.

Dinesh Batra, another resident, talking to City Spidey said, “When two of the members out of three have resigned from the post then this election committee is itself ‘null and void’. And even if election is conducted it won’t be justifiable.”

However, the opposition differed with the claims mentioned above and said that the appointed election committee tried its best to conduct fair elections.

According to Namit Gautam, who served as treasurer in the previous managing committee said, “The committee has observed that there were misuse on the name of proxy voting and therefore this time the committee demanded a copy of lease deed of flats to ascertain the authentic flat owners. As many as 96 flat owners have participated in voting for proxy voting and out of them, 65 had supported while 31 disagreed with it.”

“In the previously held elections, it was observed that many members were added for voting even from unsold flats. Apart from all these, in joint ownership of flats, only first owner is eligible for vote and contest elections. So there were many loopholes which the EC tired to avoid this time. They may have complained to the authorities but we have not received notice so far,” he added.

Proview Laboni brawl case: Ghaziabad police arrest 5 accused

Taking prompt action, the Ghaziabad police arrested five accused wanted in the case of attacking guards of Proview Laboni, a high rise in Crossings Republik, from ABES cut on Wednesday.

The accused are identified as Omvir Singh, Rohit, Himanshu, Deepak, and Feroz. All of them are residents of Dundahera, a village which falls adjacent to the township.

The accused were at large after the incident happened on Sunday night where a group of 7 to 8 men attacked three security personnel, including the supervisor of the society, with sticks and sharp weapons, allegedly after a car was denied entry inside the complex. The attackers also vandalised the guard room in an incident that was caught on CCTV.

The attack took place on the same day after the main accused, identified as Omvir Singh, went to visit a resident of the society. He wanted to park his SUV inside the society but was denied entry, police said. Singh then got into an argument with the guards. He threatened them and went away.

Later that night, at around 9:25 pm, a group of 7-8 armed men with sticks and swords came and attacked the guards, hitting one of them on the head. As the security supervisor ran inside the room to call for backup, some of the men went after him and vandalised the guard room. The men also broke the boom barrier at the entry of the housing complex and fled the scene soon after.

An FIR was filed two days after the incident based on the complaint of Ujjawal Mishra, president of Apartment Owners' Association of the society at the Vijay Nagar Police Station.

All the accused are booked under Sections 147,148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief causing damage) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of Indian Penal Code.

GreNo Authority files FIR against manager for illegal felling of trees

After the illegal felling of trees in the area, the Greater Noida Authority has filed an FIR against the manager of the proposed petrol pump who was behind the action. The FIR was registered at the Ecotech-III police station.

On Wednesday, the members of Noida Extension Flat Owners Association (NEFOWA) members saw felling activities near Amrapali Mall opposite to the The Millennium School.

They immediately stopped the people from felling trees. But they were shown permission letter from the horticulture department. However, after examining the permission letter, they got to know that permission was given for felling of 56 trees.

However, as they claimed, more than 400 trees were uprooted which was way beyond the permission.

NEFOWA had then complained about the matter to the Greater Noida Authority. President of NEFOWA, Abhishek Kumar said that the number of felled trees mentioned in the FIR is very less than the actual number.

He said that they will continue to monitor the progress in the case and will make sure that such activities are not repeated in future.

There is a 60-meter wide road from Surajpur police line to Kisan Chowk. The site where felling of trees were witness is alongside this road on the green belt.

Kumar said that the manager of the petrol pump had started felling trees with the help of a JCB machine. They had immediately raised the matter to the police, forest department and the Authority. But, by the time the officials arrived, the people involved in felling of trees escaped from the spot.

Now, residents can lodge complaints on official portal of Delhi-RERA

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has launched the official portal of Delhi-RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Authority) giving a platform to the people of the national capital to lodge complaints online.

Launching the portal, Baijal said in a tweet, “It will promote transparency and accountability in the real estate sector.”

The government of India has implemented the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016, which is known as RERA. Relentless malpractices from the real estate developers has become a serious concern throughout the country. The Act came into force on May 2017.

“Launched official portal of RERA, Delhi - https://rera.delhi.gov.in. Advised to provide an interactive forum for knowledge sharing with other RERAs... I congratulate the RERA team for the initiative,” the L-G tweeted after the launch.

The RERA Act aims to reform the real estate sector in the country, encouraging greater transparency, citizen eccentricity, accountability and financial discipline.

Residents demand removal of dead trees across Dwarka

Well, Dwarka is a sub-city with a good amount of greenery but dead trees along the roadsides and in the middle of stretches have become a matter of great concern for the people of the area.

People on various WhatsApp groups are demanding the authority concerned to remove such trees as they can fall anytime, posing a severe threat to the lives of commuters and the general public.

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Madhu Dagar, resident of Crescent Apartments (Sector 18A) shared a photograph of a dead tree in her locality, asking the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to remove it as soon as possible.

Similarly, member of Dwarka Forum and resident of Sector 7 Anil Nayal pointed out that there are such trees in his locality too which should be cut off.

Talking to City Spidey on this issue, resident of Kautilya Apartment (Sector 14) Sarita Singh said, “You can see some dead trees on the footpaths in front of our society. Well, one such tree was removed by the workers of DDA but they left others. When I asked them the reason behind it, they said that these come under the jurisdiction of the forest department so they need their prior permission to remove them.”

According to the data obtained from the DDA, there are over 600 such trees across various sectors in the area.

Gurugram to become cleaner and greener with plantation, awareness drives

In a bid to keep the city clean and green besides increasing the green cover across the state, the Gurugram Municipal Corporation (GMC) and the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) are carrying out drives simultaneously.

A five-day awareness drive is being carried out in several parts of the city to keep a check on the ever-increasing menace of plastic.

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Officials of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) have been conducting surprise raids on commercial complexes and penalising those who are found using, distributing, selling or hoarding plastic bags in the city. The drive will conclude on June 29.

The Gurugram Municipal Corporation (GMC) on the other hand, has announced an extensive plantation drive called 'Vision Green Gurugram'. It will be launched by state cabinet minister Rao Narbir Singh on July 14.
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Under this scheme, 15 thousand medicinal and fruit plants will be planted during the monsoon season.

Additional commissioner of the corporation, Amit Khatri has appealed to the common people to join the campaign and said that efforts will be made to involve more people for the success of the campaign.

Besides, other organisations including Art of Living institute will also be linked to the program so that more and more plants can be planted in the rainy season.

The Gurugram Municipal Corporation has already started the preparations in this regard.

Officials of the civic body added that between July 21 and July 28, saplings will be planted on a large scale along the Jharsa dam spread over Malibu Town-Sheeshpal Vihar-Bhatika Chowk area and this area will be developed as Healing Forest Walk.

The proposal to install solar lights and making Gazebo out of wood and stones along the dam has also been put forward by the civic body.

Noida Police to issue 'red card' to men harassing women in public places

In order to create a sense of safety and security among women, the Anti-Romeo squad of Uttar Pradesh police has come up with an idea of issuing a 'red card' to those found harassing them at public places. It will be considered as 'last warning' failing which appropriate action will be initiated against the miscreants.

It is an outcome of a joint meeting of Anti-Romeo squads of respective police stations in Noida and Greater Noida, held on Wednesday at Surajpur.

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According to the statement issued by the Noida police, they have also decided to reach out to principals of various schools and colleges in these two cities to distribute feedback forms among students. The same will be filled up by the girl students, suggesting the local police the places where offenders are generally seen passing lewd comments on them. apartment management system

Cops added saying that they will consider all the suggestions given in the feedback form to take corrective measures effectively.

"Police personnel will be deployed in all the suggested areas or spots as Anti-Romeo squad will keep a close watch so that girls and women feel safe while going office or colleges and vice versa. All these steps will be taken shortly," Noida police concluded.   

Noida: Sewage overflow long-standing issue at Sec 27, residents demand new line

Disturbed with the frequent waterlogging due to overflow of sewage water in the area, the residents of Sector 27, one of the poshest residential societies in Noida, have started demanding for a new sewer line to effectively address the problem.

Lokesh Kashyap, General Secretary of Residents Welfare Association (RWA) complained that residents, from block E and F, have been forced to brave the stink coming out from sewage water flooded on roads. He said that the sewage water is overflowing on road near house number E-200. It has been in this state for last four months.

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Kashyap said that the issue was brought to the notice of Noida Authority but an action is still awaited. As the problem has not been addressed, residents of these residential block has been continuously suffering.

He said that the RWA has been demanding from the Authority to construct a new line for draining out the sewage water. “It is necessary to have new line for this sector as the old line, constructed at the time of construction of the residential sector, is not capable of carrying the flow of sewage being generated from the sector,” he added. apartment management system

Residents, living in the F block, have also been facing similar problem. Sewer drain along with the house number 25 to 38 in residential block F has now been entering houses. This is because of the construction materials which has been put on the drain obstructing the sewage flow.

But the officials from the Authority has been passing the buck on the issue rather than solving the problems faced by residents of this sector. SC Mishra, General Manager with Public Health of the Authority said that only cleaning of the drain comes under him as construction of new line is a civil matter.

While Vijay Rawal, Project Engineer under whose jurisdiction the area comes, had imposed fines on ones who had put construction materials on the drain line. The fine was imposed following green court's direction, which says the construction materials, if put up, should be covered for control of dust pollution.

Kashyap said that though these two officers had no plan to solve it, residents have been facing inconvenience. He said they should act to solve it as it can potentially cause health issues if not cleaned in quick succession.

Noida: Residents complain against chopping of full-grown tree at Sec 137

A bunch of residents, belonging to different residential societies in Sector 137, Noida, on Thursday complained against chopping of a full-grown tree at the site of an under-construction mall Bhutani Alphathum.

They gave complaint in writing against Chief Executive Officer of the realty company, Rithesh Pananiya, at Phase-II police station in Noida. The site is opposite to many residential societies near Noida-Greater Noida Expressway.

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Residents alleged that chopping was done on the directions of the CEO of the company.

The complainants included Nisha Ohari from Purvanchal Royal Park; Rachna Malik and Atul Goyal  from Supertech Ecociti,  Sachin Tatan and Ashish Goyal from Logic Blossom County and Abhisht Kusum Gupta from Paramount Floraville.

They requested police to file an FIR against the CEO for causing damage to the environment by chopping the tree.

Meanwhile, police also visited the site where residents were objecting cutting of tree on the site. Police were apprised of the situation there itself.

They have also complained to Regional Officer of Department of Forest, government of UP.

When City Spidey contacted the Forest Officer, Praveen Srivastava, he told that a team has been deployed for inspection of the site from where complaint of chopping of tree received. “Once the team comes back from there, I will be in a position to respond on the matter,” he added.

Flyover on Raj Nagar Extension square to be inaugurated on June 30

The flyover being constructed on Raj Nagar Extension square would be inaugurated on June 30. The officials of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Uttar Pradesh Bridge Corporation informed City Spidey that the construction work is expected to get complete by this week and would be thrown open to the public after a trial is conducted.

The flyover, a two-lane bridge with a length of 535 meters, is expected to provide relief to 1 lakh commuters- nearly 3/4th of the total traffic on the Meerut road.

"It would bring relief to 70 per cent of the commuters moving towards Delhi to Meerut," told VN Singh, chief engineer of the authority.

With an expense of Rs 45 crore, the flyover is engineered by UP Bridge Corporation while its cost is being borne by the GDA besides providing land available for the project.

Meanwhile, another flyover on the route of Meerut to Delhi, coming up on another side of the road is still under construction.
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"The formal inauguration would happen once the construction of other flyover gets completed," Singh added.

Drainage to come up below flyover

AK Singh, project manager of the bridge corporation said that the construction is almost complete, only black layering of the road on the flyover is remaining. Meanwhile, drainage would also be built below the flyover. apartment management system

"The digging work could not be started due to the heavy flow of the vehicles on the route. Once the flyover is open for public use, we would restrict the passage below the flyover and build drainage," told Singh.

Singh also informed that the flyover would be painted from both sides after the construction is complete.

CPCB penalises Ansal API for flouting environmental norms in Gurugram

Citing violation of environmental norms, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed the Ansal Properties and Infrastructure (API) to stop all construction activities for its township projects in the city. Besides, it has also been asked to pay Rs 14.69 crore as compensation.

In an order dated June 18, the builder of API was held guilty of discharging untreated waste for 281 days in its 604-acre residential complex at Sushant Lok, Phase 1 in Gurugram and was directed “to stop all the construction/expansion activities with immediate effect”.

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The pollution board claimed that the builder has encroached the green areas and has been illegally extracting groundwater without acquiring a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA).

After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) intervened into the matter, CPCB issued directions to the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and the CGWA to also separately charge environmental compensation from the violators. apartment management system

The board has also directed the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Haryana, to revoke environmental clearances, if granted, and also not let Ansal Properties and Infrastructure undertake any expansion activity till it complies with all the directions.

In this regard, the Haryana electricity board has also been asked by the pollution control body to stop power supply for any further expansion of the residential complex.

In a report prepared by officials from the departments concerned on September 19 last year, it was found that the sewerage system was not proper and even rainwater harvesting system for houses was not provided. Maintenance of roads, footpaths, and parks was also not up to the mark and system of collection of solid waste was not as per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Greater Noida: Perennial issues with maintenance triggered brawl at AVJ Heights

The brawl that happened between two groups at AVJ Heights in Greater Noida on Sunday appears to be a long-standing conflict. Based on the information from the residents of the society, the conflict among the two groups had emerged with formation of the Apartment Owners Association (AOA) way back in 2016.

As City Spidey was informed, the developer of the society had then approached the registrar office in Meerut saying the society was yet to receive completion certificate from the Greater Noida Authority and hence the elected AOA should be dissolved.

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Accordingly, two months after the AOA formation, it was dissolved by the registrar office. Since then, the conflict on accepting maintenance charges and others have been a conflicting issue in the society.

“After the AOA was dissolved, the management wrote letters to Greater Noida Authority and District Magistrate requesting them to appoint an observer to look after the daily maintenance issue of the society. However, observer was not appointed and problem for the residents mounted as entire maintenance system collapsed,” said Jaswinder Singh, one of the AOA members.

Meanwhile, another section of residents decided to form a group of volunteers among the residents to look after the daily maintenance issue including collection of monthly maintenance charges from the residents.

However, volunteers' team also faced the allegations. “Volunteers' team was formed on behalf of the builder and majority of residents were ready ready to accept it,” said, Ashish Parasar, another member of AOA. apartment management system

Later in August 2018, the society's developer was charged by Gautam Budh Nagar police for allegedly selling one flat to multiple persons. Since then, the builder is on the run.

Meanwhile, the AOA reached out to the Allahabad High Court against registrar’s order. The court on April 24 this year put an stay on registrar’s order.

“Until further order of this court, the operation of the impugned order dated 21/8/2018 and 28/1/2019 passed by deputy registrar, Meerut and commissioner shall remain stayed,” court’s order read. The court has fixed July 4 for the next hearing on this issue.

The fresh round of conflict began after the management (AOA) hired a third party to look after the house keeping of the society. “After getting stay from the court, AOA hired a third party (private firm) to look after maintenance issue. The situation had become worse and it was necessary to improve the situation at society better and provide services to the residents,” Parasar added.

On last Sunday, the day scuffle broke, head of the hired firm for house keeping management, Anil Baisla visited to the society, claimed a resident.

However, Ayushi Tiwari, one of the residents, who is involved in the conflict, has different view on Sunday’s fight. She claimed that she was sitting in her flat with couple of police officials. “I had called police as someone had tried to break my lock couple of days,” she said.

Tiwari further said, “Couple of AOA members along with bouncers barged into my flat and started abusing me despite I had nothing to do with this issue. They hurled abuses and thrashed me alleging that I am acting on behalf of the builder and creating hindrance on functioning of AOA.”

“Heated arguments were exchanged and suddenly it turned into fight. Police were called but the fight continued in their presence,” said a resident on condition of anonymity.

Couple of videos went viral on social media and both sides claimed that bouncers were called by the opposite party and the Greater Noida police is investigating the issue.

Both sides claimed to have lodged FIR against each other, however, according to the police only one FIR has been registered. “Only one party has lodged FIR and one person (Anil Baisla) was arrested. We are investigating the issue in detail,” said Munish Chauhan, SHO, Surajpur police station.

NEFOWA furious over felling of trees; raises matter to concerned authorities

The members of Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association (NEFOWA) on Wednesday complained about the widespread illegal felling of trees in the area to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), District Magistrate (DM) and Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA).

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The large-scale felling was executed by owners of a proposed petrol pump. The NEFOWA members saw felling activities near Amrapali Mall opposite to the The Millenium School.

They immediately stopped the people from felling trees. But they were shown permission letter from the horticulture department. However, after examining the permission letter, they got to know that permission was given for felling of 56 trees.

But, they claimed that till the time intervention was done, approximately 500 trees had already been uprooted.
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NEFOWA President, Abhishek Kumar said that he is keeping a close eye on the matter and he will be following up the development diligently. He was crestfallen as they have been raising the issue of deficient amount of trees and high amount of dust pollution in the area.

In fact, they have also planned an extensive plantation drive which will embark on July 7 in the area. They have set a target to plant 16,000 saplings of different species in the area.

Kumar said, “This is really heartbreaking to see such activities going on in the area. On one hand, we are making all sorts of efforts to plant as many trees as possible while on the other, we witness felling of existing trees. This should be immediately stopped. It would throw the ecological balance out of gear.”

Gardenia Square: Nine members elected unopposed to AOA board

After the election held at Gardenia Square, a high rise society in Crossings Republik, nine members formed the new Apartment Owners Association (AOA) board on Sunday. All the members were elected unopposed because of insufficient nominations.

Voting did not happen because only nine nominations were filed for nine positions. Out of nine members, four new faces made their way to the new AOA.

Speaking on the way forward, Vivek Sharma, Vice President of AOA said that overhauling of security and maintenance of the society is in the priority list. “Housekeeping and garbage collection is in shambles. Garbage is collected once in a week which is inadequate for 240 families living in the society,” he said.

“Besides, security guards are not fit and active. They are aged and cannot do vigilance actively. We will change them too,” Sharma added.

Gurugram: Waste management firm Ecogreen fined Rs 19 cr for 'negligence'

Citing apathy shown towards work, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has imposed a fine of Rs 19 crore on Ecogreen Energy, its concessionaire for waste management in the city. The fine has been levied on the Singaporean firm from 2017 until 2019.

Ecogreen has asked the civic body to refund the amount deducted till date whereas the corporation has justified the move, stating that penalty has been imposed on the firm for not delivering services.

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Further, the corporation has asked for the GPS record. Based on it, it will be ascertained whether the vehicles of the company are reaching all the houses or not. Apart from this, these vehicles will also be monitored on a regular basis through GPS.
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Officials of the waste management company have alleged that the municipal body has imposed a hefty fine, violating the rules. They have demanded a full payback of the amount.

They have also met the commissioner of the MCG in this regard. But the claims made by Ecogreen seem to be baseless as residents of several high-rises across the city have complained against it for not working properly.

Almost a month ago, people residing in Mahindra Aura raised their voice against the company and its staff for not initiating services.

Talking to City Spidey on this issue, president of the society Yashesh Yadav said, “Despite making several complaints and agreeing to pay the said amount, Ecogreen is yet to address our concerns. We are forced to take services from the local waste collectors. Had the company doing its job properly, we would have cut down on the cost too.”

Meanwhile, officials of the Ecogreen stressed on the issuance of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) following which they will start providing services to the residents but this claim too by the company seems to be baseless because, in order to get into an agreement, they have to visit the society first and meet the officials of the management concerned to proceed further.

Similarly, residents of many high-rises have tweeted about the company and its callous approach towards the work related to waste management.

Ecogreen Energy began the work related to waste management across Gurugram in December 2017. It has been given the responsibility to carry out services like door-to-door collection of garbage, to set up a waste to energy plant at Bandhwari and collect garbage across the city.

UP-RERA imposes hefty fine on Ansal API for non-compliance of order

Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP-RERA) has imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on Ansal API for not complying its order of October 25 last year. The authority has asked the real estate group to submit the fine within one month.

As per the sources, the authority, however, has decided to defer its decision to de-register Ansal’s six projects for four months subject to certain conditions.

The real estate group has been asked to publish the details of escrow accounts of all six projects in newspaper. A chartered accountant from the CAG panel has been asked to do the audit of the company’s all projects.

All the associated banks have been asked to disburse money for construction of projects only after the approval of auditor appointed by UP-RERA. “The chartered accountant, architect and structural engineer have to provide a joint affidavit for this as well,” sources claimed.

“If the builder fails to follow the order, the authority will de-register the projects,” the authority said in a media release.

Earlier in October last year, the authority had ordered forensic audit in registered projects with a view to investigate the accounts of Ansal API to find out the possible diversion of funds which caused delay in completion of its housing projects.

AVJ Heights: Two groups indulge in ugly fight in presence of police

The long-standing internal conflict among the residents of AVJ Heights, a high rise in Greater Noida’s Sector Zeta 1 area, turned into an ugly phase when they indulged in ugly fight couple of days back.

As per the information from close sources in the society, the conflict have been a long-standing issue among the residents of the society. Sources said that the division among the residents emerged with Apartments Owners Association (AOA) elections couple of years back.

The claims to take over the maintenance and welfare issues of the society was one of the issues which caused the conflict. “Both the groups assaulted each other while the police remained silent watcher,” residents alleged. Greater Noida News

Since the Gangster Act was invoked on the builder Vinay Jain, the welfare issues of the society were looked after by the residents' association. Earlier, a group called AVJ Apartment Association, headed by D K Chowdhary and Ashish Parashar, was looking after society. 

As of now, the society is looked after by team of volunteers headed by Mahesh Bhati. When AVJ Apartment Association tried to take charge in its hands again, fights erupted in the society.

“Sensing that the situation is going bad to worse, police was informed immediately and apprised about the incident. Local police reached to the spot, however, despite the cops being present, fight continued,” said a resident requesting not to be named.

A senior police in Greater Noida said that both the groups had earlier agreed over mutual settlement but they once again created ruckus and both the parties reached police station asking to register FIR against each other.

“Police advised them to resolve their issue among themselves and not to create panic among the residents in future otherwise police would take its own course,” official said.

Dwarka: DJB organises workshop to sensitise people on water conservation

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Tuesday organised a workshop for the residents of the sub-city to aware them of various ways to save water.

In the programme held at Deen Dayal Upadhyay College (Sector 3), people of the area learnt about rainwater harvesting and methods to use wastewater through lectures and powerpoint presentations given by the officials of the department concerned.

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Around 100 people attended the workshop. Besides residents, members of the residents' welfare associations (RWAs) and representatives of the societies were present too.

Talking to City Spidey, executive engineer of DJB, KS Shukla said, "In view of monsoon, we conducted this workshop. I must say the response was good as people were really curious to know more about water conservation."

Residents, who attended the workshop, gave their feedback and suggested the board officials take necessary steps to make each and every society practice rainwater harvesting. They also asked them to take strict action against those who do not follow the rules.

Sharing his experience, general secretary of Dwarka Forum and resident of Sector 8, Arvinder Singh Chatwal said, "Most of us are not aware of rainwater harvesting. During the workshop, I got to know several new information regarding it. It was really enlightening for me and others who attended it."

Meet Kamal Mohan Gupta, man behind the PIL filed over Encephalitis deaths

'Be the change you want to see' is what Kamal Mohan Gupta believes in as concerned by the multiple deaths caused by Encephalitis in Bihar, he had recently filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the syndrome.

Being an advocate himself, his daily routine is no less hectic. Travelling to work from his high-rise in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, he faces huge traffic jams and other issues. But being a responsible citizen of the country, he realises that his duty towards other members of the society is of greater importance.

In this regard, Gupta on Monday appeared before the bench of justices from Supreme Court, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai, to argue the PIL filed related to encephalitis deaths, that took place in Bihar's Muzaffarpur city.

The litigation raises issues of grave concerns and importance related to medical facilities, nutrition, sanitation or hygiene with regard to the 'killing' syndrome.

Talking to City Spidey on this subject, Gupta said, “Everyday news headlines were highlighting the death of young children. I am a parent too. Aggrieved and disheartened by the deaths of more than 150 children, mostly in the age group of 1 to 10 years, in the past few weeks made me go deep into the issue. What was troubling me more was the escalating toll. As a law-abiding citizen of the country, fellow human being and president of the legal cell of International Human Rights Organization, it became my prime duty to do something to mitigate the suffering of the parents and children.”

In reply, the apex court too admitted that it is a matter of great concern which should be addressed without any delay. Further, it has directed the Centre and the Bihar government to file their response to the medical care facilities being given in the state within 7 days. Besides, the bench of justices comprising Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai asked the state government to file an affidavit on the adequacy of nutrition, sanitation and the prevailing hygienic conditions in the region.

Kamal Mohan Gupta has been a practising lawyer for the past 20 years, handling majorly criminal cases. He was the man behind the plea filed in Allahabad High Court, which suggested that children of bureaucrats and other officials across Uttar Pradesh should be sent to government schools of the state in order to set an example for the general public.

With this PIL, Gupta has given a ray of hope to many such parents whose kids are affected by this virus.

BREAKING: Huge fire engulfs shanties near I'puram's Shipra Riviera

Over a dozen shanties burnt down in a massive fire reported from a slum area near Shipra Riviera society on Wednesday afternoon in Indirapuram. The fire occurred around 12:15 pm. Although no casualty has been reported so far, the magnitude of damage is yet to be ascertained.

Fire tenders are on the spot and trying to douse the fire currently.

Residents of the neighbouring flats complained of thick smoke coming into their houses. The Ghaziabad fire department has taken control of the situation.

More details are awaited.

Fire breaks out at Noida Authority office; no casualty reported

A fire broke out in the offices of Noida Authority at 10 am in Sector 6 on Wednesday.

No casualties were reported from the site of the incident.

According to reports, the fire broke out in the offices of Work Circle 10 and Noida Traffic Circle.

The flames were doused by personnel from the fire brigade who were dispatched to the spot in time.

The office of the Assistant Manager and the computer lab were damaged in the fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Noida: City Magistrate orders action against forceful closing of gate at Sec 82

City Magistrate Shailendra Kumar on Tuesday ordered police to take action against heads of the managements of  two residential societies who are not allowing opening of a gate in Sector 82, Noida.

Mishra told circle officer of Noida police, under whose jurisdiction the area comes, that office bearers of two different residential societies haven't been allowing the opening of the gate without administration's interventions.

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Though, rounds of meeting with Yogesh Sharma and Ramesh Yadav, respectively presidents of LIG and MIG, were convened to find a solution. They also agreed to the decision taken during the meeting but then they did not allow opening of the gate.

The gate, in question, which exists on east side of these residential societies, opens towards 24-meter wide road in the sector. During the meeting, president of these two societies told that opposite to the gate, the local village Gejha exists.

“If the gate is opened, probability of thefts in their societies increases and it can't be ruled out. It was decided that police patrolling of the areas would be enhanced to let the gate open. They had agreed to this decision but now they are not allowing opening of gate.

The Assistant Chief Executive Officer of Noida Authority had ordered opening of the gate in 2018. But office bearers of these two residential societies overruled this order. “Considering this, an effective action has to be initiated against them for maintaining peace at the society,” Mishra directed.