The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) will provide round-the-clock treated water to builders from its sewage treatment plants (STPs), said Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner P. C. Meena on Thursday at a meeting to sensitise the developers on the recent Punjab & Haryana High Court barring use of underground water for construction activities.

He said the builders can procure the treated and recycled water from the government or private sources for construction purposes but need to disclose the source to the authorities. He clarified that construction is not banned in Gurgaon, but use of groundwater is not allowed.

Concessionaire had failed to comply with orders

In a significant development, a Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday restrained the Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Limited ( DGSCL) from collecting toll tax on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway for 15 days. The Bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, said: “The concessionaire will not collect toll fee from 11.59 p.m. onwards on Tuesday for the next 15 days.’’

Industry and government claim 95% towers compliant with norms

Conceding that there is a huge gap in demand and supply of water in Gurgaon, the Haryana Government recently submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that water supply in the city is short by 22 Million Gallons per Day (MGD).

In an affidavit in the Court on the requirement of water in Gurgaon, Town and Country Planning Department Principal Secretary S.S. Dhillon has admitted that there were about 133,900 sanctioned water connections in the entire city of Gurgaon, including 29,942 connections in the Old Town.

Gurgaon scores down from previous year but still on top

Noida has replaced Mumbai as the second-best realty destination this year, according to an analyst report. Gurgaon-Manesar retained the top slot. The rankings by real estate data firm Qubrex are based on eight parameters—supply and demand, likely price appreciation in three years, emerging connectivity, potential growth in economic activity, nationally reputed builders, infrastructure, land acquisition risk, etc.

The district administration has now made it mandatory for houses with more than 100 square metres covered area to have a rainwater harvesting system in place. Twenty teams have been constituted to grant permission to install the systems and ensure their functioning.

The orders come in the wake of a recent Punjab and Haryana High Court directions barring Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) from issuing fresh licences for housing projects without an undertaking from the builders not to draw ground water.

The recent Punjab & Haryana High Court direction barring the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) from issuing fresh licences for housing projects in Gurgaon without an undertaking from t

Seeks to justify recent hike in power tariff, says the sector should be looked at 'realistically'

Seeking to justify the recent hike in power tariff, the Delhi Government said the sector should be looked at "realistically" as the cost of raw materials have increased and that tariff in the capital is "much less" than those in other major cities. "Unless the power sector is looked at realistically, the situation in the sector will not improve. The cost of raw materials have increased. The price of coal has increased," Power Minister Haroon Yusuf said.