MLA Batham meets residents of village Yakubpur and Ilahabans

NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA: Residents of villages Yakubpur, in Bisrakh tehsil of Greater Noida and Ilahabans phase 2, Sector 86 met MLA Vimla Batham under the weekly 'Vidhayak Apke Dwar' (MLA at your doorstep) program held on Sunday (March 20), to raise issues of no water supply, no burial ground, no park and incomplete community centre apart from regular issues of encroachment etc.
MLA Batham was accompanied by officers of Noida Authority, UPPCL and the police. While Authority was represented by R K Jain Assistant Project Engineer (Work Centre -7) and his team of junior engineers from horticulture, jal/sewer, civil, street lights and poles and health; UPPCL was represented by junior engineer M K Tyagi and the police.
Main problems of village Yakubpur included no electric poles, encroachment on approach road to the village, no park in the village, an incomplete community centre, a damaged and incomplete sewer line, two damaged classrooms in the primary school of the village and need for a gram panchayat ghar.
On requirement of electric poles, (APE) Jain assured that a survey has been completed and work will start within one month. On encroachment he added that chowki incharge of the area will resolve the issue at local level while "H S Bhadauriya will resolve at the Authority level after receiving written request from the villagers," said Jain.
In the meeting villager Bhoop Singh offered his 22 bigha land at khata no. 43 free to the Authority to develop and maintain into a public park. On this, Jain maintained that the Authority will enquire land use of the said land parcel and then proceed. "I asked Singh to give the proposal in writing on the same," said Jain.
On the issue of gram panchayat ghar, Jain assured that land has been identified and work will begin soon on it. Similarly for incomplete community centre Jain adds that the "building and boundary wall is complete. We will soon start outdoor lawn work," said Jain.
While damaged sewer line was assured to be fixed and working within one month, Jain demanded a request letter from Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) to start work on damaged classrooms of the village primary school.
As for village Ilahabans, the main problems centred around no water supply to the village in the absence of a pipeline, a broken approach road to the village, no boundary wall in the primary school of the village, a need for cremation and burial ground, a 11000 kv electric line to be shifted and an incomplete community centre and sewer line.
MLA Batham called up Home Singh Yadav, project engineer Jal on the issue of no water supply to the village and demanded action and Jain assured e-tender for the approach road of the village.
On the need for cremation and burial ground for the village Jain maintained that the Authority will enquire land use of the said land parcel and then proceed. He asked for a proposal for the same in in writing from the village head.
For community centre Jain added that "the building and boundary is complete. We will start outdoor lawn work soon."
While UPPCL official declined shifting the 11000 KV electric line immediately without discussion with senior officials, one issue common to both villages related to denial of electricity connection beyond third floor by UPPCL. On this MLA Batham called up S M Garg executive engineer-2 who informed her that villagers should opt for load enhancement according to the total covered area of the building.
He also informed that for such connections, extra transformers may be required and then new connections may be given on a case-to-case basis. MLA Batham will meet Mukul Singhal, superintending engineer PVVNL on this matter. "This issue affects nearly all the villages of Noida, hence I will look into it at the earliest," said Batham.