Kalabhumi borewell

The GB-TDC has been served a legal notice in response to its email to users of the Kalabhumi borewell, which includes the residents, the Music Studio, CRIPA hall and Aurofilm. The GB-ATDC had stated that the ATDC is a committee of the Governing Board under Section 16 of the AVF Act; that the detailed plans for the Crown are not meant for scrutiny by the residents of Auroville; that Kalabhumi borewell has to be closed, regardless of its efficiency or yield, due to the fact that the borewell will be buried under the concrete stormwater channels on the side of the Crown Road; that the ATDC will seek funds from the GOI for the main water lines; and that users will no longer have to maintain the infrastructure but will have to pay for the cost of networking, water meter and related installations, including cost of labour as well as a monthly water tariff. The legal notice challenges each of these statements and requests that no further steps to cover up the Kalabhumi well be taken. It warns that any illegal activity carried out by the GB-ATDC in the context of the Kalabhumi well shall be dealt with in accordance with the law.