Residents of Palam Vihar have raised objections to the Municipal of Gurugram (MCG) for growing a park on the inexperienced belt of D, H and I blocks close to the railway crossing, an space which has been maintained by residents for years.
In response to residents MCG is making a public park, even because the sector continues to battle with poor roads, insufficient sewage and the absence of footpaths.
Residents mentioned that Palam Vihar already has at the least 11 parks, with at the least one in each block. They alleged that the civic physique is now trying to transform your complete inexperienced belt alongside the railway line into public parks.
“Lately, the MCG developed a park within the I Block, however it has not been maintained correctly. A number of bushes have been minimize, and the park is in a large number. They’re ruining the inexperienced belt within the identify of beautification and reducing bushes to construct a park is deeply ironic,” mentioned Reetika Gupta, Palam Vihar RWA president.
“Palam Vihar has many issues of its personal. Throughout rains, there’s waterlogging, and when it doesn’t rain, the world stays flooded attributable to sewage overflow. The footpaths which have been constructed just lately, are in horrible situation and nearly inconceivable to stroll on,” she added.
“Residents don’t need parks to come back at the price of our inexperienced belts. We’re demanding options for these important services, for which we’re paying taxes,” she added.
In the meantime, residents claimed that regardless of lodging complaints via the CM’s Window and the Samadhan Shivir on the District Commissioner’s workplace, the MCG has but to reply.
“The inexperienced belt has been maintained by residents for a number of years, and we now have stored it in good situation. The MCG’s try and beautify the I-Block inexperienced belt did extra hurt than good, We don’t need any additional work on the inexperienced belt,” mentioned Sanjeev Diwan, a resident of Palam Vihar.
When contacted, Ward Councillor Pradeep Kumar mentioned there was no want for the civic physique to spend funds on the inexperienced belt, suggesting the cash might be higher used for different civic requirements. “It is a matter for the MCG to resolve. I’ll increase the difficulty with them,” he added.
In the meantime, Gulshan (single identify), junior engineer on the MCG, mentioned, “We aren’t creating parks right here; the work is geared toward eradicating encroachments from the inexperienced belt. Residents have been parking automobiles within the space. We now have already constructed a big boundary wall close to the railway line and plan to construct one other boundary wall on the other aspect,” he mentioned.
