Gurugram civic body to survey infrastructure deficit in six colonies

GURUGRAM: The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is planning to conduct a survey to inspect deficit infrastructure in six private colonies, three months after the corporation approved their takeover.

During the survey, a private agency appointed by the civic body will determine pending infrastructural work in Ardee City (Sector 52), Malibu Towne (Sector 47), Vipul World Centre (Sector 48), Mayfield Garden (sectors 50 and 51), Rosewood City (Sector 49) and Uppal Southend (Sector 49).

District town planner RS Batth told TOI that the department of town and country planning (DTCP) will share details of the licences, occupation and completion certificates of these colonies with MCG. “We had the first round of meetings regarding the takeover of these colonies last week. We hope to share these details with them at the earliest, after which MCG will review the deficit infrastructure in these colonies,” he added.

The agency will also prepare estimates of the funds required to complete them. “It will prepare a detailed project report. Once this is done, the developer will either have to finish the pending work within a given period or provide funds to MCG to do it,” a senior MCG official said.

If the developer refuses to do so, however, the government can take over its assets to recover the amount required to complete pending works, he added.

The official further said maintenance of roads, water and sewerage systems in the six colonies, as well as infrastructure development work, will come under MCG’s purview after the takeover. These colonies are maintained by their developers at present.

The corporation had approved the takeover of the colonies during a house meeting in February. It had taken over DLF 1-4 and Sushant Lok-1 last year, while takeover of Palam Vihar is still pending.

Kuldeep Yadav, councillor from Ardee City area, said he had been seeking takeover of the colony in the last three MCG house meetings. “The move will address several issues in the colony, including frequent power cuts and poor maintenance of roads, parks, water supply and sewerage,” he said.

“We hope the takeover will bring much-needed relief to the residents, who are suffering due to lack of infrastructure and poor maintenance,” said Deepak Rastogi, a resident of Malibu Towne.