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Noida: It took a staggering 100 hours for the Noida authorities to completely extinguish a fire that had broken out in a dumping yard of the horticulture department, with success achieved only Friday...
As many as 150 firefighters, 12 JCB excavators and 15 water tenders were deployed to extinguish the fire...
On the night of Holi, a miscreant allegedly set fire to the plot, Anand Mohan, deputy director of the Noida Authoritys Horticulture department, told ThePrint, adding that the security guards pursuit to catch the person proved futile...
The sprawling 50-acre plot in Sector 32, earmarked by the Noida Authoritys Horticulture department, served as a repository for green waste dead leaves and pruned trees..
Speaking about the pollution levels in the area, Utsav Sharma, regional officer of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), Noida, told ThePrint that the department has created stations in Noidas Sector 32, near Golf Course and Sector 1, where the tests are being conducted to monitor the situation, the results of which will be out Tuesday...
