GANGA WATER BRINGS CHEERS TO INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATES ALIKE IN NOIDA
GANGA WATER GIVES AN EDGE TO NOIDA OVER GURGAON AND DWARKA
Noida is adorned as the jewel in the Uttar Pradesh’s crown, the most populated state of India. With its remarkable and distinguished contribution to the economic and social development of the state, Noida is now slated to outshine all other suburbs of NCR.
Noida was created under the UP Industrial Area Development Act 1976 on April 17, 1976 by the initiative of late Sanjay Gandhi. It has achieved unprecedented growth since its inception. Today it has the highest per capita income in the whole National Capital Region. The Noida Authority is one of the richest civic bodies in the country.
As per the Noida Master Plan – 2021 actual land use for various purposes like residential, commercial, industrial etc. in 2001 was 3,800 hectares which rose to 9,210.74 hectare in 2011 and it is expected to reach 14,964 hectares in 2021. If we compare 2021 figure with 2001, we can easily understand that the land use is expected to increase nearly four times by 2021 which is hardly six years away.
With increasing commercial, industrial and other economic activities, Noida’s demand for water has also increased manifold. Though Noida Authority somehow managed to meet the ever increasing water requirement but for nearly three decades it could not solve the problem of hard water bothering individuals and business houses in the city.
As per a Noida Authority report, local ground water is hard in few pockets. Two common minerals in Noida’s soil - magnesium and calcium - dissolve in the water to create "hard water." Here hardness ranges from 108 mg/l to 838 mg/l depending on the water sources. Hard water poses no health risk but can be troublesome to consumer as it causes soap deposits in sinks and spots on dishes and faucets. Calcium deposit can also affect pipes, water heaters and dish washers.
To address this issue Noida Authority hired the services of WAPCOS (Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Ltd), a Government of India undertaking. WAPCOS recommended that addition of better quality water can reduce the hardness level of ground water. Then Noida decided to blend ground water with Ganga water and then supply it to residents.
As per WAPCOS report submitted two years ago there was a short fall of 36 MLD of Ganga water. Noida was having only 20 cusec (48 MLD) of Ganga water, whereas it required 84 MLD but 48 MLD of Ganga water was found sufficient by WAPCOS for the then developed residential sectors, so it proposed to distribute that in residential area only. After untiring efforts at government level, Noida succeeded in getting an allotment of 80 cusec (192 MLD) additional Ganga water. But it took another 2 year to get this water to Noida.
Finally on August 14 this year, Noida Authority announced that on August 15 (Independence Day), Ganga water supply would start in most of the sectors, the officials, however said that it would take at least another one month to deliver 100 % Ganga water to all households.
According to officials, till August 14 evening they could not even begin trial of newly laid 100 km long water pipeline and reservoir in sector 67, which was developed to store 192 MLD Ganga water to be procured from Ghaziabad's canal.
As compared to August, ground situation seems better presently but much is still to be done. Though the Authority has succeeded in bringing Ganga water to Noida but it cannot be oblivious of long term water demand in view of rapid and multidimensional growth of the city.
Availability of Ganga water has brought cheers to Noida’s residents and real estate developers alike. Residents are happy because they are now getting Ganga’s soft and pious water which saves them and their buildings, clothes, electrical gazettes etc. from deterioration caused by hard water. Real estate developers are happy because Ganga’s soft water is better for construction purposes as it improves strength and longevity of the buildings.
Although regular supply of Ganga water is a big boost for Noida residents and entrepreneurs, but it doesn’t seem to have affected property prices in this area much. Land use multiplied in Noida nearly four times despite absence of Ganga water in the last three decades. Similarly property prices also increased manifold even without Ganga water.
Since Ganga water has reached Noida, property experts will invariably compare city’s advantageous water situation with Gurgaon, its most important rival in NCR. Has it made Noida more attractive than Gurgaon in the long term? Will this move affect property prices in any way? There are many such questions which experts must be pondering.
Undoubtedly this development has given an upper hand to Noida and made it more attractive for individuals and corporate alike than Gurgaon which either gets piped water from the Yamuna or nearly 30,000 illegal bore wells as piped water supply falls terribly short of actual demand. It has increased the risk of water-borne diseases in the city as ground water is extremely contaminated.
As it is large number of companies has shifted their base from Gurgaon to Noida. If the Uttar Pradesh Government manages to improve power situation in the city, it will not take long for Noida to out-perform Gurgaon. And naturally as the demand for property will increase, prices will also increase accordingly.
Though Dwarka has higher property prices than Noida but after the arrival of Ganga water, Noida has become more attractive than Dwarka also which sustains mainly on bore wells and water tanks.
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GANGA WATER GIVES AN EDGE TO NOIDA OVER GURGAON AND DWARKA
Noida is adorned as the jewel in the Uttar Pradesh’s crown, the most populated state of India. With its remarkable and distinguished contribution to the economic and social development of the state, Noida is now slated to outshine all other suburbs of NCR.
Noida was created under the UP Industrial Area Development Act 1976 on April 17, 1976 by the initiative of late Sanjay Gandhi. It has achieved unprecedented growth since its inception. Today it has the highest per capita income in the whole National Capital Region. The Noida Authority is one of the richest civic bodies in the country.
As per the Noida Master Plan – 2021 actual land use for various purposes like residential, commercial, industrial etc. in 2001 was 3,800 hectares which rose to 9,210.74 hectare in 2011 and it is expected to reach 14,964 hectares in 2021. If we compare 2021 figure with 2001, we can easily understand that the land use is expected to increase nearly four times by 2021 which is hardly six years away.
With increasing commercial, industrial and other economic activities, Noida’s demand for water has also increased manifold. Though Noida Authority somehow managed to meet the ever increasing water requirement but for nearly three decades it could not solve the problem of hard water bothering individuals and business houses in the city.
As per a Noida Authority report, local ground water is hard in few pockets. Two common minerals in Noida’s soil - magnesium and calcium - dissolve in the water to create "hard water." Here hardness ranges from 108 mg/l to 838 mg/l depending on the water sources. Hard water poses no health risk but can be troublesome to consumer as it causes soap deposits in sinks and spots on dishes and faucets. Calcium deposit can also affect pipes, water heaters and dish washers.
To address this issue Noida Authority hired the services of WAPCOS (Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Ltd), a Government of India undertaking. WAPCOS recommended that addition of better quality water can reduce the hardness level of ground water. Then Noida decided to blend ground water with Ganga water and then supply it to residents.
As per WAPCOS report submitted two years ago there was a short fall of 36 MLD of Ganga water. Noida was having only 20 cusec (48 MLD) of Ganga water, whereas it required 84 MLD but 48 MLD of Ganga water was found sufficient by WAPCOS for the then developed residential sectors, so it proposed to distribute that in residential area only. After untiring efforts at government level, Noida succeeded in getting an allotment of 80 cusec (192 MLD) additional Ganga water. But it took another 2 year to get this water to Noida.
Finally on August 14 this year, Noida Authority announced that on August 15 (Independence Day), Ganga water supply would start in most of the sectors, the officials, however said that it would take at least another one month to deliver 100 % Ganga water to all households.
According to officials, till August 14 evening they could not even begin trial of newly laid 100 km long water pipeline and reservoir in sector 67, which was developed to store 192 MLD Ganga water to be procured from Ghaziabad's canal.
As compared to August, ground situation seems better presently but much is still to be done. Though the Authority has succeeded in bringing Ganga water to Noida but it cannot be oblivious of long term water demand in view of rapid and multidimensional growth of the city.
Availability of Ganga water has brought cheers to Noida’s residents and real estate developers alike. Residents are happy because they are now getting Ganga’s soft and pious water which saves them and their buildings, clothes, electrical gazettes etc. from deterioration caused by hard water. Real estate developers are happy because Ganga’s soft water is better for construction purposes as it improves strength and longevity of the buildings.
Although regular supply of Ganga water is a big boost for Noida residents and entrepreneurs, but it doesn’t seem to have affected property prices in this area much. Land use multiplied in Noida nearly four times despite absence of Ganga water in the last three decades. Similarly property prices also increased manifold even without Ganga water.
Since Ganga water has reached Noida, property experts will invariably compare city’s advantageous water situation with Gurgaon, its most important rival in NCR. Has it made Noida more attractive than Gurgaon in the long term? Will this move affect property prices in any way? There are many such questions which experts must be pondering.
Undoubtedly this development has given an upper hand to Noida and made it more attractive for individuals and corporate alike than Gurgaon which either gets piped water from the Yamuna or nearly 30,000 illegal bore wells as piped water supply falls terribly short of actual demand. It has increased the risk of water-borne diseases in the city as ground water is extremely contaminated.
As it is large number of companies has shifted their base from Gurgaon to Noida. If the Uttar Pradesh Government manages to improve power situation in the city, it will not take long for Noida to out-perform Gurgaon. And naturally as the demand for property will increase, prices will also increase accordingly.
Though Dwarka has higher property prices than Noida but after the arrival of Ganga water, Noida has become more attractive than Dwarka also which sustains mainly on bore wells and water tanks.
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