Shower: The first heavy rainy season has exposed poor quality construction in cities where families affected by the Noida Airport project are being resettled.
At least three dozen new houses were built on the rehabilitation site and resettlement (RNR) of the Jewar had several cracks on the wall.
In some places, the foundation has sunk or a broken pillar.
Internal roads washed in rain and cracks have appeared in many others.
“Fortunately, most of our families are not here.
Anything can happen on Mondays and Tuesdays when it rains.
At least 40-50 houses have reported damage,” said Devendra Kumar, the owner of the 194 plot, Pocket Rohi.
The municipality comes with the cost of Rs 350 Crore and that number, around Rs 200 Crore has been spent.
According to villagers, the main reason for this problem is the use of sand that is excessive and improper and in a hurry to complete the city.
The 48-hectare width colony should be prepared on June 30 and working on the airport project can only begin so all affected families have been resettled and the land is cleaned.
The villagers say that on the west side of the city, where Pocket Rohi is being developed, the patch of land has been filled around about 20 feet of sand so that it reaches the same level as the path of the tappal.
The contractor involved by the Yamuna Expressway Industry Development Authority (Yeida) did this to prevent water from moving in the area during the rainy season.
But the sand was not treated correctly and in a hurry to complete the work, the right compaction (the process of reducing air space in construction material) was not carried out.
The owner of the plot of 612, Pocket Nagla Ganeshi, Azad, who has hearing loss and greeting, has installed a submersible pump near his new home.
“It starts drizzling on Monday night and the rain continues for some time.
Now, the Azad pump has sunk, along with the channel that has been excavated next to his house,” said his neighbor, Zafaruddin.
“The crack has appeared in many homes and we all really want to think what will happen if heavy rain for several hours,” he added.
In Pocket Rohi, the parts of the internal road were washed in the rain that exposed the cavity on a long 60m stretch.
In Nagla Ganeshi, cracks have emerged even on concrete roads that have not received the bitumen layer.
About six pillars and sub-feeder structures established on the concrete platform for electrical channels have been damaged.
While some broken, the others have tilted.
The contractor is still carrying out civil work in the area and internal roads, waste sewers, boundary walls and overhead water tanks get a final touch.
Apart from this, 3,003 families are building their own homes in the city.
An official present on the site said the villagers rushed with construction and most of them did not build the right foundations for their homes.
“As a result of this, some of them drowned,” he said.
The villagers also said they were asked to rush with construction.
“We were asked to empty our homes and shift to the city as soon as possible.
Administration and Yeida must give us time.
Now, everyone is in a hurry.
Our family stays elsewhere because the toilet here has not been connected to the lane sewerage,” said Kishan Singh from Nagla Ganeshi, which is one of the first to move to the site.
According to several villagers, as soon as it rained, the contractor tried to repair several damaged structures in a hurry.
But most of the plot owners have taken pictures and fired videos of the site.
Asked about the condition of the city, Gautam District Judge Budh Nagar Suhas Ly said: “The team formed by Yeida visited the site on Tuesday afternoon.
Team members will advise what to do now.
Damage will be examined and the improvement measures will be taken.” Residents of seven villages must move for the airport project.
While most people have emptied their homes, some families in Rohi have not moved.
Yeida Arun Chief Executive VIR Singh said: “We will step over experts and engineers to ensure that city contractors have neglected.
We will expand cooperation full and help villagers for all repairs.”