MCF to legalise unauthorised water, sewer connections in Faridabad

Tribune News Service
Faridabad, April 10
After dragging its foot for long, the Municipal Corporation, Faridabad, (MCF) has finally decided to legalise unauthorised water and sewer connections to houses and commercial units in Faridabad.
According to a survey conducted by the MCF, more than one lakh houses have illegal water and sewer connections.
A House meeting of the MCF adopted a resolution to regularise the connections and also fixed the rates for it. The rates are correlated to the size of the plots of the dwelling and commercial units.
The resolution will be submitted to the government for ratification.
The MCF had been mulling on the issue of legalising the connections for the past more than a year. It had to abandoned it on account of resentment against it from quarters of the units.
The general feeling among the MCF officials is that the regularisation would be a win-win situation for everyone concerned. While the civic body would earn handsome revenues, the owners of the units would be free of all anxieties.
The House also adopted a resolution to dispose of the MCF land in Sector 43, 49 and 52 through public auctions for constructing group housing flats. The MCF hopes to mop up about Rs 1,100 crore through th sale of the land.