No environmental clearance, Malibu Towne serves closure notice, Real Estate News, ET RealEstate

Gurugram: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has ordered all the construction malibu townOne residential The society, spread over 225 acres in Sector 47, be stopped with “immediate effect” over lack of environmental clearance.

The closure notice will not affect the 2,500 families living in the society. However, plans to invest in a flat will have to be put on hold until the developer complies with the order and obtains environment clearance from the pollution board.

According to the order, the developer will not be allowed to execute any sale deed relating to flats, plots, houses, shops or any other component of the project. All construction activities will have to stop. The power distribution utility has also been asked not to provide any new connections for the project.

,Malibu Estate Pvt. Ltd, Malibu Towne, Sohna Road, Gurugram has established and operates a residential plotted colony, which is polluting in nature and comes under red category,” reads the HSPCB notice issued by Chairman P Raghavendra Rao. It was issued under section 33A of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974, and section 31A of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.

“Yes, a closure notice has been issued to the developer of Malibu Towne. We have asked the Town and Country Planning Department, which issued the license and approved the layout, to ensure that all construction in the project is halted until Unless the developer has taken approval, said Kuldeep Singh, regional officer of the HSPCB in Gurugram.
“The order is strict. No sale and purchase of any component of the project can be done now. No new electricity connection will also be given,” he said.

The project came under the scanner of the pollution board after it inspected three sewage treatment plants in the society. sewer line found to be directly connected GMDAThe network of drains and all the garbage was being released in it without treatment. As expected, all the samples were above the prescribed limit.

As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) norms, a river or water body should have BOD less than 30 mg/l and COD less than 250 mg/l. While BOD is the amount of oxygen required to decompose organic matter, COD is a measure of the total oxygen required to oxidize all organic matter to carbon dioxide and water.

The BOD level of the sewage samples collected from Malibu Towne was 48 mg/l, while the COD was 260 mg/l. The quantities of several other constituents, such as sulphides and oil and grease, were above the prescribed limits. Repeated calls to the number displayed on the developer’s website went unanswered.