To check annual flooding, GNIDA to redesign Surajpur roads, drains

Greater Noida: The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has decided to redesign roads and drainage networks around Surajpur collectorate that gets flooded almost every year. The work will start after this monsoon, officials said.
The development authority has been facing a lot of criticism for not being able to prevent flooding in the area and other busy parts of the city. Although GNIDA had claimed it had taken preventive measures this time as well, steady rains that lasted for about 20 minutes resulted in waterlogging in many locations.
Currently, eight pumps are being operated to drain out water. “Surajpur collectorate building is at a lower level compared to the road adjacent to it. Also, the drains near the building do not discharge water properly as they remain choked with silt and garbage. It is extremely difficult to get inside the building when it rains,” said Ramesh Gautam, a resident of Mamura who visited the collectorate on Wednesday to apply for a welfare scheme.
On Wednesday, GNIDA blacklisted a company and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on a contractor for not being able to avoid waterlogging in Kulesara area.
For the past couple of days, traffic movement has been disrupted on the Dadri-Surarjpur-Chhalera route because of flooding.
“On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, our officials surveyed all places that reported waterlogging. Some contractors have been identified and action will be taken against them,” said the additional chief executive officer of GNIDA, Deep Chandra. In Noida, the area near Mahamaya flyover is prone to waterlogging.
Officials said Noida Authority had spent Rs 74 lakh to avoid such problems on the stretch between Mahamaya flyover and DND flyway loop near Dalit Prerna Sthal.
“But the efforts have not yielded desired results. The area near Mahamaya flyover gets flooded almost every year and water stays on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway days after it stops raining,” said Sachin Rawat, a resident of Jaypee Aman in Sector 151.
The stretch on Master Plan Road 1 that extends from DND flyway to Sector 16 underpass also gets flooded when it rains.