Gurgaon takes tough stand to prevent water pollution

MCG Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal has called a meeting of all stakeholders on July 7 to sort out the issue.

“Violation of the order by virtue of Section 292 (2) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act-1994 will be deemed an offence punishable under Section 188 IPC,which prescribes imprisonment for a term up to six months or fine of Rs 1,000 or both,” Rajpal said.

He added that the meeting would review the progress of the implementation of an earlier order,and work out a strategy for its strict implementation.

Other senior MCG officials said that a communique in this regard has been sent to all the officials concerned. The instruction clearly states that sewerage water should be disposed of at the Sewerage Treatment Plants (STP) in Behrampur and Dhanwapur only.

The ‘green’ order also intends to negate the possibility of an outbreak of epidemic disease during the ongoing monsoon season.

However,despite such a move,the authorities concerned do not have the required data on the number of industries,private apartments and offices that are involved in dumping sewerage water illegally. Y K Garg,a senior MCG official,said that as of now,the corporation does not have complete data on how many industries and offices fall in this category.

“Once the process begins,we will send officials to specific areas one by one,so they can do a survey on the number of tankers coming from particular areas to dump sewerage water. Then we will also know which industrial units dump sewerage water,” Garg said.

However,sources in the MCG pointed out that the worst affected are some new colonies on Golf Course Road and Sohna Road,which are yet to be connected to the main sewer line. Most of such areas,which are relatively new,still collect their sewerage in septic tanks that can be hauled away in tankers.

Sources said special colour codes will be assigned to distinguish tankers that carry sewerage from others. Receipts will also be issued in this regard.