Express Astra road cave-in Greater Noida amid heavy rains

Greater Noida, 9th October, 2022: The national capital region is constantly receiving heavy rainfall on October 8 and 9 and that may continue according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Following this a large section of road caved-in in Greater Noida early Sunday morning, prompting authorities to divert traffic from the region.

The incident occurred near a basement excavation of the Express Astra project in Sector 1 of Greater Noida (West). So far, no casualties have been reported since the rescue teams arrived on time.

According to Greater Noida Authority officials, a team from Work Circle 3 has arrived and begun repair services. They added that three bulldozers and five dump trucks had been dispatched to fill soil in the caved-in section.

Salil Yadav, General Manager, Projects at Greater Noida Authority, stated, “There appears to have been an incident of soil subsidence due to rain as a result of the basement excavation. The filling work will be finished by Sunday evening ”

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) stated that a notice would be issued to the concerned builder, who would be fined based on the amount spent on soil filling and road repair.

As heavy rain continues to pelt the Delhi-NCR region, parts of Noida have been left inundated. This, in turn, ended up causing traffic jams and disruptions in the lives of ordinary people throughout the city.