Human rights body serves notice on HSVP, Gurugram MC

Geetanjali Gayatri

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 8

The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has issued a notice to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram and the Chief Administrator, Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) for submitting a report on the status of a cremation ground operating illegally from within a residential area in Gurugram.

The directions were issued by Justice KC Puri, a member of the Haryana Human Rights Commission, following a complaint received by the commission. The complainants, residents of Sector 28, Gurugram, had maintained that the illegal cremation ground was operating despite court orders for its shifting.

The complainant alleged that three plots were allotted by the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran to individual allottees but the same were being used as a cremation ground. The residents of the locality, through the Residents’ Welfare Association, approached the High Court. The court, in its order on January 23, 2013, directed the administration to shift the cremation ground, which was illegally operative on the three plots.

The complaint said despite the court order, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram and the HSVP did not implement the order and said the ground was a health hazard for the residents.

Stating that though some steps were initiated to shift the ground to a new location, the complainant alleged “lack of will of authorities”.

The Haryana Human Rights Commission, taking cognisance of the report, issued a notice to the municipal corporation and the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran to submit a report within six weeks of the direction.