NOIDA: Residents stay comfortably of their gated condo complexes, with area inside their flats, energy backup and different amenities. However stepping outdoors for a stroll, or a go to to a park shouldn't be an possibility.
The explanation -- there aren't any parks and few inexperienced stretches in a sector that homes round 3,000 flats throughout 4 to five giant societies.
A number of householders and residents mentioned they've been residing in Sector 107 of Noida for a decade. Plots look like mendacity vacant all this time, however there was no transfer to develop any space right into a park or inexperienced belt. To make it worse, drains lie open, the scent deterring them from even strolling on the roads.
“There are almost 3,000 residences within the sector and one other 2,500-3,000 are to be added within the coming years as some tasks are underneath building. This makes 107 one of many excessive inhabitants density sectors the place over 2,000 residents are already residing. However we now have no park. Kids and adults are confined to the condo complexes solely,” mentioned Anubhav Gupta a resident of Lotus 300.
“I've been residing right here for almost 10 years. Certainly some land will need to have been reserved to construct no less than a park, and many others, or else it could have been bought to a builder by now. Why isn’t the authority creating it as an alternative of leaving it untended,” he added.
When requested, Noida Authority’s officer on particular responsibility (OSD) Indu Prakash informed TOI that presently there aren't any plans to develop a park within the sector however the civic physique will examine the open area identified by residents for future growth. He was referring to an empty patch of land bordering Lotus 300 that residents say is vacant and belongs to the Authoriy.
Different householders mentioned they should stay with the stench of open drains.
“There are a lot of drains covers which are lacking… residents have respiration points. Many a instances stray animals and even folks have fallen into these drains. These are additionally dens for mosquitos to breed,” Gupta mentioned.
Ajay Durrani, vice-president of Lotus 300’s House House owners Affiliation (AOA), mentioned the Noida Authority must concentrate on enhancing sanitation within the space aside from inexperienced areas for the residents. “Sector 107 wants an excellent park in order that residents can take pleasure in nature and youngsters can have a devoted play space. The open drains have to be coated as it's a well being situation. Within the wet season, all these open drains turn out to be breeding grounds for mosquitoes resulting in malaria, dengue, and many others,” mentioned Durrani.
“We've raised these points by way of Twitter to the Noida Authority and in addition the UP authorities, however no motion has been taken.”
On the drain situation, RP Singh deputy normal supervisor (Jal and Sewer) of the Noida Authority mentioned that instructions have been given to the general public well being division to have the drain covers in place on precedence.