Techie’s Death: NGT Urges Noida Authority on Waterlogging Issue
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has requested a response from the Noida Authority regarding alleged failures in stormwater management that resulted in waterlogging and the drowning of software engineer Yuvraj Mehta in Noida. The tribunal acted after taking suo moto notice of a news article covering the incident where Mehta’s car fell into a flooded trench in Sector 150. A bench comprising NGT Chairperson Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel observed a report indicating that “Mehta misjudged a sharp turn and, due to fog, ended up in the trench. The area was initially designated for a…