Noida: Noida authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari on Thursday levied an overall fine of Rs 21 lakh on contractors for lack of upkeep in parks and other green belts in several sectors. The CEO carried out an inspection of various parks in residential sectors, including 62, 63, 46A, 93A, 50, 12 and green belts across sectors 93B, 105 and 108. While in some sectors, labourers were found missing, at others, garbage and horticulture waste was seen even as pruning of trees and grass was found unsatisfactory in some places.
An official said, “The contractor of Sector 50 Meghdootam park was fined Rs 5 lakh as one toilet was shut and the other had a broken door. The contractor of Sector 46A park, where only three labourers were found working, was fined Rs 6 lakh. The contractor of Express View park at Sector 93A was fined Rs 10 lakh for unsatisfactory work of pruning of grass and overall lack of sanitation.”