CPS to CM inspects roads in Gurugram, orders removal of encroachments

To improve civic amenities in Gurugram, the Haryana Government has stepped up its focus on issues concerning the residents. For the past five days, Rajesh Khullar, Chief Principal Secretary to the Haryana CM, has been stationed in Gurugram. He has been holding meetings with local organisations, listening to citizens’ concerns and working closely with officials to chalk out solutions.

During an extensive review with the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), Municipal Corporations of Gurugram and Manesar, Haryana Shaheri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), police and district administration, the Chief Principal Secretary underlined the urgency of addressing issues that have long troubled residents.

Waterlogging during rain, garbage disposal, stray cattle on roads, solid waste management and improvement of road infrastructure topped the agenda. He urged officials to move beyond routine functioning and take responsibility for visible change. “You officers should be harbingers of change. The residents should feel the change after you have been posted here,” he told the officers posted in Gurugram.

Based on complaints and feedback received from the citizens, Khullar, along with a team of officers of Gurugram district administration, inspected Rajiv Chowk, Farukhnagar–Basai Road and Dhankaut Road in Gurugram on Sunday.

During the inspection, he directed the officers concerned to clear the right of way from encroachments and to strengthen road berms. He said that these measures are essential to make the roads fully motorable and to ensure smooth vehicular movement. Officers were instructed to take immediate action so that traffic convenience for the public is improved at the earliest. CPS Khullar also interacted with villagers at Dhankaut during the inspection.

Earlier, during a meeting at PWD rest house at Gurugram, the GMDA authorities said that a comprehensive drainage plan has been prepared for Gurugram city.

Based on last years’ experience, they identified 12 critical locations where waterlogging was observed and tried to resolve this issue at almost all these locations. These points are Narsinghpur, Khandsa Chowk, Rajeev Chowk, Sector- 9, 9A, 10, Umang Bhardwaj Chowk, Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 38, Jwala Mill Road, Sector-28 along Chakkarpur, Luxman Vihar, Sector 22-23, Sheetla Mata Road and Krishna Chowk, Ambience Mall and water run-off from Aravali footing.

He said that storm water drains have been either constructed or in some areas, the construction is in progress.

In the meeting, it was told that work on Sheetla Mata Devi Medical College and Hospital at Kherki Majra is in progress, which is likely to be handed over to the Health Department by the end of this year. The Rs 550 crore project will have academic block, undergraduate boys and intern hostel, teaching block, hospital, nursing hostel and trauma centre.

While presiding over the meeting, Khullar felt concerned over the issue of stray cattle roaming on the roads and said that these often become the cause of accidents, so the officers concerned must devise a mechanism to make all roads free from stray cattle.

Khullar said that the roadsides should be free from garbage and construction debris. He said that heaps of garbage and construction debris dumped at roadsides present a filthy picture of the city, so the officers concerned should evolve a system so that garbage and debris are dumped at proper sites.