NOIDA: The city says it has adequate power — about 1,000 MW — to meet its current demand but shortage isn’t really the city’s problem. The outages happen because of infrastructure lapses and there is no immediate fix to that.
But the different ways in which administrations of different NCR cities have reacted has left residents perplexed. While the local pollution board in Gurugram issued a blanket ban on diesel gensets on Tuesday, pollution board officers in Noida said the ban would be implemented only if air quality became ‘very poor’ or ‘severe’.
“Though the (EPCA) order is to be implemented from October 15, it is meant for only very poor and severe air quality days. Today, the air quality is poor. If in coming days it turns worse, the administration will seek the UP government’s directive to implement the DG set ban,” said Utsav Sharma environmental engineer (UPPCB).
In highrise apartments in Noida, heavy use of DG sets occurs in cases where a developer is a defaulter or where a society or tower does not have an official power connection.
Giriraj Bhadelya, a resident of Assotech Windsor Court, told TOI since the builder was a defaulter, the project has got a temporary power connection.
“We have this connection since October 1. Before that, we depended on DG sets periodically as and when the builder did not clear power dues,” said Bhadelya. The project has about 750 flats across five towers of 13 floors each. Curre-ntly, 200 residents occupy the complex.
Sunny Arora, manager of an Eldeco society in Sector 119, issued the DG set ban notice on Tuesday. Arora has been getting many queries from the developer’s projects from other cities such as Sonipat (where 1-2 hour outages occur daily), Gurugram and Greater Noida and has told officials to comply with the order.
Brijesh Sharma, a resident of Antriksh Golf View 2, said the EPCA ban on gensets was illogical as backup facilities in apartment complexes are provided through gensets that comply with UPPCB stipulations.
“As regards new alternatives to these in terms of PNG gas connection for power, it will require additional installation and infrastructure cost,” said Sharma.
“The DG set ban seems like a mockery in the name of pollution. If we run DG sets for emergency services, than diesel consumed per hour will be the same,” added Sanjeev Dixit, a resident of Homes 121.
SK Jain, president of the market association in Sector 18, summed up the mood in the city. “What was EPCA doing through the year to convert diesel gensets to other sources? The ban order is confusing and will create panic,” said Jain.
But the different ways in which administrations of different NCR cities have reacted has left residents perplexed. While the local pollution board in Gurugram issued a blanket ban on diesel gensets on Tuesday, pollution board officers in Noida said the ban would be implemented only if air quality became ‘very poor’ or ‘severe’.
“Though the (EPCA) order is to be implemented from October 15, it is meant for only very poor and severe air quality days. Today, the air quality is poor. If in coming days it turns worse, the administration will seek the UP government’s directive to implement the DG set ban,” said Utsav Sharma environmental engineer (UPPCB).
In highrise apartments in Noida, heavy use of DG sets occurs in cases where a developer is a defaulter or where a society or tower does not have an official power connection.
Giriraj Bhadelya, a resident of Assotech Windsor Court, told TOI since the builder was a defaulter, the project has got a temporary power connection.
“We have this connection since October 1. Before that, we depended on DG sets periodically as and when the builder did not clear power dues,” said Bhadelya. The project has about 750 flats across five towers of 13 floors each. Curre-ntly, 200 residents occupy the complex.
Sunny Arora, manager of an Eldeco society in Sector 119, issued the DG set ban notice on Tuesday. Arora has been getting many queries from the developer’s projects from other cities such as Sonipat (where 1-2 hour outages occur daily), Gurugram and Greater Noida and has told officials to comply with the order.
Brijesh Sharma, a resident of Antriksh Golf View 2, said the EPCA ban on gensets was illogical as backup facilities in apartment complexes are provided through gensets that comply with UPPCB stipulations.
“As regards new alternatives to these in terms of PNG gas connection for power, it will require additional installation and infrastructure cost,” said Sharma.
“The DG set ban seems like a mockery in the name of pollution. If we run DG sets for emergency services, than diesel consumed per hour will be the same,” added Sanjeev Dixit, a resident of Homes 121.
SK Jain, president of the market association in Sector 18, summed up the mood in the city. “What was EPCA doing through the year to convert diesel gensets to other sources? The ban order is confusing and will create panic,” said Jain.
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