India, April 23 -- The Noida authority on Tuesday said that it has decided to act against the housing societies that are still releasing dirty, untreated sewage water into stormwater drains.

The authority has written to the government body - Chit and Funds Society in Meerut, against the apartments owners associations (AOA) that are dumping untreated sewer into the city's storm water drains violating national Green tribunal (NGT) orders.

In a first, the authority has asked the chit and funds society that issues registration of social welfare associations including RWA and AOA, to cancel registration of these AOA working against ecology.

Even after being warned several times, fined, and having FIRs filed against them, many societies have...