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Maharashtra housing federation fine with water data share, not fee

29.Aug.2022

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In Pune(Maharashtra), a housing federation said all members wanted to share information on groundwater use, but they disagreed with paying an amount of Rs. 10,000/Unit as the registration fee. 

The vice chairman of the Maharashtra state housing federation (Suhas Patwardhan) said the federation would give information to the government on this because maximum borewells were dry, and these were out of use.

Central ground water authority (CGWA) issued a notice and stated to all people living in old and new housing societies and apartments in urban areas that it is necessary to register their groundwater withdrawal by the end of September. Otherwise, strict action will be taken for not registering with CGWA.

According to sources of regional offices, pressured and said in the public notice, all Maharashtra states will have to obey themselves because there needed amendment as the groundwater act was not similar to the central act. Sources said they would have to obey the central rules or face a penalty.

Patwardhan said to TOI that they requested over two lakh societies to provide information on groundwater use, but most objected to the amount. This time it's Rupees 10000, and later they will increase it.

He said it is the responsibility of the government to supply proper water, but it is not happening, they are not getting water every day, and many borewells got dried.

Pushkar Kulkarni from Pashan area sabha said to TOI that they did not succeed in understanding which administration fee for issuing NOC when the municipal corporation was responsible for providing enough rainwater harvesting and used groundwater only when they didn't get enough water from authority.

Maharashtra has passed an act on groundwater, and the state regulator is (MWRRA). So, where is the authority area of CGWA? The deputy chief minister needs to resolve this matter with the central government. He said

Another citizen activist said maximum residential and commercial complexes purchased low-quality water from private water tankers, which affected their financial situation. He raised a question on the registration fee when societies started paying water tax and asked for permission from local authorities while digging borewells.

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