The Gurugram Metropolitan Improvement Authority (GMDA) and the Municipal Company of Gurugram (MCG) have collectively initiated a plan to make three main metropolis roads—MG Highway, Galleria Market Highway and Vyapar Kendra Highway—dust-free, aiming to clear them of particles and dumping by March 2025.
Faisal Ibrahim, superintending engineer in GMDA’s infrastructure wing, mentioned, “Correct upkeep of hyperlink roads connecting key metropolis junctions utilizing pavement blocks to stabilise shoulders is working in full swing. Common conferences are being held to make sure the sanitation of roads, as per the Fee for Air High quality Administration (CAQM) instructions. The stretches might be freed of potholes. Bitumen layering work may even be carried out in February.” He added that restore work is deliberate on different crucial stretches, together with the Sector 14 connecting street, Outdated Basai Highway and the stretch from Iffco Chowk in direction of Sukhrali, to make them pedestrian, commuter and cyclist-friendly.
Officers mentioned GMDA chief govt officer PC Meena has directed departments to arrange value estimates, with a technical evaluation underway.
Residents, nonetheless, mentioned unpaved roads proceed to be a significant supply of air pollution. Gauri Sarin, founding father of Making Mannequin Gurugram, mentioned residents had recognized 52 dust-emitting hotspots and submitted the checklist to authorities, together with the CAQM, however noticed little motion. “The vast majority of the Southern Peripheral Highway (SPR) and MG Highway proceed to be marred with mud. A coordinated motion is required to curb emission ranges as PM2.5 and PM10 ranges proceed to stay above the secure restrict for many of the 12 months in Gurugram,” she mentioned, including that information gaps have hampered planning and air high quality monitoring should turn into “performance-linked.”
Amit Jindal, RWA president of Vipul Greens, Sector 48, cited native motion, saying, “The AQI now stays a minimum of 100 factors decrease than outdoors the premises, permitting residents, together with senior residents, to stroll freely.”
