Mohali's Wave Estate water shortage taken up with minorities commission

A senior Punjab BJP leader, Hardev Singh Ubha, met Harjit Singh Grewal, chairman of the National Commission for Minorities, at the commission's office in New Delhi on 28 October 2026. He raised a lack of canal water supply in Wave Estate, a gated township in Mohali. No official response from the commission has been reported.

What was raised

According to the account of the meeting, Ubha said residents of Wave Estate and Sectors 85, 86 and 88 in Mohali, along with the villages of Sambhalki and Nanu Majra, lack a regular canal water supply. He said residents are forced to rely on borewell water for their daily needs, and he asked the authorities to restore a reliable supply of clean drinking water. The report gives no count of affected households and no volume figures.

The same meeting covered other civic issues: drug abuse and the alleged death of a young man in Mansa; recurring fires at the Phase 5 dumping ground in Mohali, where Ubha asked authorities to consider moving the dump away from populated areas; fair compensation for farmers whose land was acquired in Sector 87; and a long delay in building a bridge linking Sectors 66/67 with Sectors 80/81.

Ubha asked that these matters be referred to the appropriate authorities for intervention and timely resolution. The report does not name Wave Infratech or any other developer in connection with the water shortage.

Where the project stands

Wave Estate is linked to Wave Infratech, the real estate arm of the Wave Group. The developer's own material describes the project as a 235-acre gated community in Sectors 85 and 99, and gives its size elsewhere as 300 acres, with the project stated to be RERA registered. Other listings give 246 acres and 255 acres. Buyers comparing these figures should ask which area is covered by the registration.

The project's site lists plots of 125 to 1,000 square yards, and apartments of 1 to 4 BHK along with penthouses. It says possession has been delivered since 2018 and lists ready plots and floors. One listing gives a ready-to-move date of 2021. A third-party listing cites more than 5,000 residents.

Listings for the wider group use different company names. One listing refers to Golden Wave Infratech Pvt Ltd, and a GMADA notice names Country Colonisers Private Limited for Wave Estate in Sector 85. The legal entity should be confirmed before any agreement is signed.

What buyers should check

Under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, a registered project must disclose its approvals and the promoter must deliver what is set out in the registered plan. A buyer who finds a gap between the promise and the project can complain to the state RERA, which for Mohali is the Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority. Before booking, buyers should:

• Check the RERA registration for the specific phase on the Punjab RERA portal, since listings cite several different registration numbers.
• Confirm the legal entity named in the agreement and in the RERA registration.
• Ask for written confirmation of the canal water connection for the sector and a timeline for it.
• Check the registered project area against the acreage in the sale documents.

No dated follow-up to the meeting has been reported. No reply on the water issue from the commission, the Punjab government, GMADA or the developer has been reported either. The next thing to watch is whether the Punjab government or GMADA publishes a dated plan for canal supply to Sectors 85, 86 and 88. The account of the meeting does not include one.