« We inspected hospitals, hotels, industrial facilities and found that even more than one submersible pump was installed in such facilities at a depth of 500 to 600 feet, » said a senior state health department official. A senior official from the Punjab Canal and Irrigation Department said that according to rough estimates, the number of submersible pumps exceeds the number of agricultural tube wells in the state (about 15 lakh). « We have never done a survey to count the number of submersibles, but by law, people must now get permission from county governments before they can do personal drilling. There has been overuse in almost all 10 blocks in Jalandhar district, » Engineer Bansal said, adding that many people do not know the rules and ignore repeated instructions from district authorities. A resident of the Dholewal area, Gajjan Singh Jassal, said: « I have lodged complaints several times, but the civil authorities have not taken any concrete action to stop the unauthorized installation of submersible pumps in the town. This illegal practice is widespread. In two cases, only action was taken recently when I complained to senior officials of the Ludhiana Management Committee. According to the guidelines, no new submersible pumps can be installed in areas where water supply is available. The MC should conduct an investigation in all parts of the city and take steps to stop such violations as the water table is already depleted. « There are about 55 to 60 lakh households in Punjab, apart from thousands of industrial units, hospitals, hotels, public and private schools and other commercial facilities, » a senior official from the Department of Local Companies said. According to their estimates, the number of submersible pumps in the state extracting groundwater year-round must be more than 20 lakh. A submersible pump is a groundwater upwelling device. While a household would use one- to two-horsepower engines, public or private facilities, industries and leather tanneries have higher power submersibles.
Rajinder Singh, MC`s supervising engineer, said: « The installation of new submersible pumps is prohibited in the city. If the water supply is not available in any area, a permit is required to install a submersible pump. The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday adopted draft new guidelines to make registration of submersible pumps mandatory to improve groundwater levels in the state. According to the proposed guidelines, registration for the installation of submersible pumps will be mandatory, Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh told reporters, adding that domestic users and farmers will not have to pay fees. Karnesh Sharma, director of Punjab Local Government, said the department has no data on submersible pumps and whenever they need it, they get it from the respective companies. MC also does not raise awareness of the installation of new submersible pumps in water supply areas. Singh said that in urban areas, if you install a submersible pump to build a house on a plot of more than 300 square meters, it will be necessary to install a rainwater harvesting system. Is it permissible to install submersible pumps in a house in a village – without prior authorization? My village is located in Birbhum district, West Bengal Although the Municipal Corporation (MC) has formed a committee to control the installation of unauthorized submersible pumps, the installation of such new pumps is common in different parts of the city. While TUBEWELLS has been singled out as one of the main culprits of groundwater aspiration from Punjab, the state is silent on submersible pumps used by industries, public and private institutions and individual households. In addition, despite strict rules, the installation of these pumps continues unabated, under the nose and beard of the authorities. We have been living in Ardee City for 6 years, at sec52, gurgaon, there are few problems and I would like to know who is responsible for regulating the following problems/violations in Ardee City: 1.
The roads have not been repaired in the last 6 years2. The notification by the DHVBN of an additional electricity request has not been passed on to the residents, as the colonizer buys the electricity in large quantities and transmits it to consumers. Power supply is scarce due to fewer DHVBN3 penalties. The water consumption for the new buildings in the settlement for the development planned by the builders is running water supplied by Ardee and not recycled water4.
