Barricades on the drain on the Sector-150 intersection, the place a automobile fell in after it broke by means of the boundary wall, ensuing within the demise of Yuvraj, age 27, resident of Sector-150, Noida, in Noida on January 19, 2026.
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The Better Noida Industrial Improvement Authority (GNIDA) has ordered an instantaneous overhaul of highway security measures throughout its jurisdiction within the wake of the demise of a software program engineer in neighbouring Noida after his automobile plunged right into a water-filled pit.
GNIDA Chief Govt Officer N.G. Ravi Kumar directed officers to establish and promptly fill all potholes on or close to roads and to mark accident-prone “black spots” at once, in accordance with an official assertion issued Monday (January 19, 2026) night.
He additionally instructed that important security measures, together with directional signage, reflectors and barricading, be carried out on all roads inside three days.
The instructions come within the wake of the January 16 incident in Noida’s Sector 150, the place a 27-year-old software program engineer died after his car fell into an unbarricaded, water-filled excavation close to an under-construction website, triggering allegations of negligence and a State-wide highway security drive ordered by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Following the CEO’s directions, GNIDA held an internet overview assembly with Extra CEOs Srilakshmi V.S. and Sumit Yadav, Common Supervisor A.Okay. Singh and officers from all work circles, the assertion stated.
“All assistant managers, managers and senior managers have been directed to survey their respective areas, establish potholes, sharp turns and black spots, and guarantee rapid corrective measures,” it stated, including that officers have been given three days to finish the duty.
Groups from the authority’s venture division have begun subject surveys to establish accident-prone areas. Measures underway embody the set up of highway markers, cat’s eyes, reflective paint on central verge partitions, barricades alongside open drains and pace breakers on hyperlink roads connecting to fundamental arteries.
Extra CEO Sumit Yadav inspected the 130-metre highway and areas in Sectors 2 and three, and warned strict motion in opposition to work circles discovered negligent, the assertion stated.
The authority has additionally directed its electrical engineering division to make sure correct road lighting on all roads, with testing of lights to be accomplished on the earliest. Builders have been instructed to strictly adjust to security norms at building websites.
Extra CEO Srilakshmi V.S. knowledgeable that every one work circles could be required to submit affidavits certifying that security measures had been carried out at accident-prone areas of their respective areas.
She added that the venture division was taking all obligatory steps to stop highway accidents and appealed to motorists to comply with visitors guidelines.
Printed – January 20, 2026 11:18 am IST
