Summary: On the surface, the MCG officials appear to be confident of handling the extra load and meeting these challenges.
To give perspective of the “extra load”, last year, the MCG had directed Ansal to improve its amenities with special emphasis on Sushant Lok Phase 1.
“Currently, the MCG is meeting its load with difficulty and has started assessing the deficiencies in these colonies and allocating resources accordingly.
Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is in a fix.
After repeatedly refusing to take over maintenance of DLF phases 1, 2 and 3, Sushant Lok Phase 1 and Palam Vihar in the past, Wednesday’s directions from chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar that the civic body take over the colonies from next month has left MCG with no choice.
The municipal corporation is already struggling to take care of areas under it while grappling with less manpower and outdated machinery.
In March last year, the MCG had refused to take over the maintenance of five colonies stating that the developers (Ansal and DLF) had to improve basic amenities such as roads, drains, parks, garbage disposal, water pipelines and community centres in the colonies and submit a compliance report.
To give perspective of the “extra load”, last year, the MCG had directed Ansal to improve its amenities with special emphasis on Sushant Lok Phase 1.
Such was the sorry state of the drains and roads in block C of Sushant Lok that residents pooled their money and built a 500m road and new drains.
On the surface, the MCG officials appear to be confident of handling the extra load and meeting these challenges.