noida over the past decade sector 47 has grown manifold in occupancy but residents complain they still have to travel to markets in other sectors for their medicines and groceries apart from a few basic shops residents say their sector has no hospital or drugstores leaving them handicapped in case of emergencies residents said with no permanent solution forthcoming and they have to depend on hawkers or makeshift shops which are periodically removed in demolition drives we had a temporary grocery store here in the past but it was demolished during an encroachment drive said another resident who did not wish to be named even the mother dairy outlet in the area is housed in a temporary shack they complained families with senior citizens are particularly inconvenienced with no chemists shop or hospital in the area they have to travel over 15km to get medicines from the sector 48 market the sole medical facility is a government health centre in c block visited by a doctor on designated days of the week we are not sure what would happen if there is a medical emergency in our sector said b p singh a resident i have been living in sector 47 for a decade now and have observed it grow in occupancy its a nice clean and green sector yet we are struggling for basic amenities like a local market for all our supplies we have to go to sectors 48 41 or 50 which are more than a kilometre away each said piyush govil another resident the lack of amenities can be blamed on the former rwas inability to reach a consensus over the original master plan for a market according to brigadier arvinder singh the sector 47 rwa president this master plan had convenience shops earmarked in a block with the new rwa taking over from may 2015 weve utilized the original sanction for shops in a block and performed bhoomi poojan this thursday shops will come up soon said singh the rwa has also requisitioned noida authority ceo to sanction a couple of convenient stores at the c block health centre we are awaiting authority sanction for the c block shops once it comes through the issue should be somewhat resolved said singh when contacted authority officials who did not wish to be named said they are looking into the matter