GURUGRAM: The Huda has decided to give occupation certificates only to those buildings that have functional rainwater harvesting wells, and officials concerned have been asked to strictly monitor it before issuing the papers The order came after a meeting attended by principal secretary of department of town and country planning ( DTCP ) in August.The estate officers have been asked to prepare lists of all rainwater harvesting wells on plots carved out in urban estates across Haryana , and submit them to the office of town planners and the state government’s engineering cell.Executive engineers will have to mention in their reports about functional rain harvesting pits dug on every 200-sq-yard plots. An enquiry has revealed that there’s no record of such properties with the engineering cell as occupation and completion are issued by estate officers at their level.In October 2001, Huda had issued a notification, stating that a detailed proposal of the harvesting system comprising collection, conveyance and dispersion of water from roof top to pits will have to be shown in building plans submitted to the approval committee.According to the rules, any engineer not below the rank of a Huda executive engineer will have the powers to inspect the system.It has been instructed that any occupation and completion certificates will now be issued only after the completion report of harvesting well is submitted by the executive engineer.

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