The pit was developed due to a choked, sunken drainpipe.Noida: A day after a student drowned in a water-filled excavation pit in Noida’s Sector 94, residents of Sector Beta 1 flagged a road in C Block had caved in after a rusted drainpipe beneath it collapsed, opening a cavity nearly two feet deep and three feet wide but been left sat unattended for a fortnight.The pit is located right outside near houses C-14 and C-38 along a lane flanked by 15 houses, with residents fearing it could lead to accidents.“Are officials waiting for a tragedy before addressing this?” said Harinder Bhati, RWA general secretary of Sector Beta 1.The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority confirmed the cause as a choked and sunken drainpipe. Senior manager Rajesh Kumar Nim said the authority covered the pit on Thursday evening.The cave-in, however, is not an isolated complaint. Residents across several Greater Noida sectors have flagged deteriorating internal roads across the city. Subhash Bhati, RWA president of Sector Alpha 2, said the Authority’s response follows a predictable pattern. “We repeatedly lodge complaints about open drains and pits, but their response typically lasts only a couple of days after an unfortunate incident,” he said.In Jan, 27-year-old Yuvraj Mehta drowned after his car plunged into a construction pit in Noida’s Sector 150 during dense fog, a case that had already prompted demands for better safeguarding of open excavation and infrastructure sites across the region.
