Probe of officials over, report to be submitted to govt next week

NOIDA AUTHORITY MAY SEND THE PROBE REPORT TO THE GOVT FOR FURTHER ACTION

NOIDA: The Noida authority on Friday said it has completed probing the roles of authority officials who allowed Supertech Limited to encroach upon a 7,000 square metre green belt adjacent to the developer’s controversial Emerald Court project in Noida’s Sector 93A.

“The probe is almost complete and its report will be sent to the state government next week. Some officials from the town planning department were involved in this case,” said Ritu Maheshwari, CEO of Noida authority. “They are the same officials who have been named in the FIR of violating building norms in the twin towers case,” said Maheshwari. The Noida authority may send the probe report to the government for further action on Tuesday (October 26), said the officials adding that the authority has already freed up the green belt and taken possession of land.

On October 3, a special investigation team (SIT), constituted to investigate irregularities in the approval of building plans for the Emerald Court project, directed the Noida authority to free up the green area that was merged into the housing project illegally. Officials of Supertech have refused to comment on the issue.

In its report, the SIT had said that 26 Noida authority officials were involved in the irregularities in the Supertech’s twin tower map approval. Of the 26 officials, two are dead and 20 have retired. The SIT has also recommended filing an FIR against four directors of Supertech Limited, two private architects and the 24 Noida authority officials.

Following the SIT’s recommendations, the Noida authority’s planning department filed FIR against the suspected authority officials with the vigilance department in Lucknow.