Rainwater harvesting pits remain dysfunctional in several parks of Gurgaon

GURGAON: More than eight water harvesting pits at different parks of Sector 15 Part 1 are lying dysfunctional because of poor maintenance by civic agencies. The lids for these pits are either covered with soil or algae. As a result, rainwater cannot sip inside the water harvesting sites.
"HUDA had constructed these water harvesting sites two years ago.These units require regular cleaning. No worker has ever visited to check the condition of these pits. It was promised that regular visits will be paid by HUDA officials, but after the construction neither workers nor the officials bothered to take stock of these pits," said Ramesh Vashishta, general secretary RWA Sector 15 Part I.
In the last monsoon residents had to face lots of problems. Due to clogging in the water harvesting sites, rainwater flooded the area. "We had written to HUDA requesting the officials to visit the sites but till now nobody has visited the site," said R S Raghav, president RWA sector 15-I
Residents also complain that no cleanliness is maintained around the pit in the park and these pits have become mosquito breeding ground
Citing lack of manpower behind the situation, executive engineer of HUDA, Kartar Singh said, "There is no use of cleaning them right now. We will clean it in monsoon as we are facing acute shortage of manpower."