Construction within 150 meters of drain/river will require NOC from the drainage wing: Meet Hayer

The Fact News Service

Chandigarh, September 21

To minimize the damage caused by floods, Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led the State Government to take an important decision to regulate the construction activities in the vicinity of natural water bodies.

For any project within a 150-meter radius, approval from the Drainage Wing will be mandatory.

In a press statement issued here today, Water Resources Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said that during the recent floods, it has been observed that the flow of flood water has been obstructed at many places in the choe’s/drains, rivers etc., due to which Public property and private infrastructure have been damaged.

He said that because of this, the department has decided that now the projects within a radius of 150 meters from the drain/river/choe bank will require NoC from the drainage wing.

The Minister further said that to make this process more smooth, the competent authorities should issue NoC according to the project area. It has been asked to simplify the issuing process so that nocompany/agency faces any problems.

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