Arranged well Unlike Delhi, Noida avoids water-logging

By Bricksnwall | 2024-06-29

Authority in Noida According to the CEO, all stormwater drains were cleaned well ahead of the rainy season, and any holes in the plans for handling water-logging were remedied.

Although there was waterlogging in some areas of Noida on Friday morning due to two hours of heavy rain, it was not quite as bad as what happened in Delhi. Experts claimed that better designed infrastructure, such as a network for stormwater drainage, the scientific design of underpasses, and a planned sewer network, helped Noida avoid the flooding and chaos that Gurugram and Delhi saw on Friday.

While the roadways and underpasses in Delhi and Gurugram were completely inundated with precipitation, the unceasing rains in Noida's sectors 57, 58, 59, and 62 merely resulted in normal levels of water-logging.

"Noida, like Chandigarh, is a planned city; Gurugram and Delhi are not." The remaining areas of the nation's capital did not grow according to a planned plan, with the exception of Lutyens' Delhi. Even the development of Gurugram was fragmented. According to Atul Gupta, the president of the Uttar Pradesh Architects and Town Planners' Association's Noida zone, "The authority acquires agricultural land in bulk, develops roads, drainage and sewage network, and other infrastructure, anticipating the needs for the next 100 years or more, and then allots land to realtors or individuals."

Gurugram adheres to a separate paradigm that frequently results in municipal chaos, while Delhi is expanding on its own to meet demand without first establishing even the most basic civic facilities in the majority of districts, according to Gupta.

Gurgram did not adhere to the Noida model. There, a builder buys lands for houses, gets a licence from the state government, and begins development before infrastructure like roads and drainage is installed, creating a future nightmare for the community. The circumstances in Delhi. Without a suitable drainage system to manage rainfall, unauthorised building and commercial growth are common in Delhi's urban villages, according to Gupta.

Town planner and private architect Deepak Agarwal stated that it is unjustifiable to compare Noida, Gurugram, or Delhi because each city has a completely different geography and population density.

In Gautam Budh Nagar district, there are about 450,000 registered cars, and on Noida roads, about 550,000 cars drive every day. On the other hand, Gurugram has one million registered cars and adds roughly 100,000 new ones annually. According to Agarwal, there are more than 10.2 million registered cars in Delhi.

Whereas Noida is positioned between two rivers, Gurugram is situated between hills. Rainwater consequently easily enters the two rivers through the city's fourteen main drains. In order to prevent waterlogging in low-lying regions, the Noida authority also builds water pumps to remove rainfall, according to Agarwal.

The Noida Authority is a separate, one-stop shop that designs highways, underpasses, well-kept parks, elevated roadways, sewers, and drains.

For the past two months, we have been conducting site checks throughout the city to verify the cleaning of stormwater drains. In addition to de-silting the drains, we installed filters to get rid of plastic and other debris that clogs them and results in water logging. In addition, water pumps have been built at 14 low-lying locations as well as underpasses to prevent traffic disruptions during rainy seasons. The reason for the water-logging complaints we received from sectors 57, 58, 61, and 62 is that Khoda rainfall floods into Noida. To ensure that residents do not experience any problems with water-logging, we are resolving any difficulties that may arise, stated Lokesh M.

Source: Hindustan Time