Chandigarh: Three car wash centres found extracting groundwater illegally
Hindustan TimesThe municipal corporation on Friday found three private car wash centres illegally extracting groundwater and for commercial use in Manimajra. “During inspection, three service stations on Daria-Mauli Jagran road, Mahadev Service Station, Hare Krishna Service Station and Manu Service Auto Centre, were found extracting groundwater. Legal action will be taken against the owners and their water connections have been suspended.” Municipal commissioner Anindita Mitra said, “For the past three months, teams have been checking illegal groundwater extraction. We are filing police complaints against private firms found illegally extraction of groundwater.” On Thursday, MC found that a private contractor was illegally extracting groundwater in Kajheri and selling it to people.