Residents of Sector 22, a well-connected residential locality in Gurugram, have raised concerns over deteriorating roads, illegal dumping, stray cattle, poor market upkeep and neglected community parks.
Earlier, HT reported that around 7,000 stray cattle roam the streets of Gurugram. Bhim Singh Yadav, a resident of Sector 22, said the problem was particularly severe in the area. They said the roads were last laid in 2016 and had not undergone major repairs since then.
Because mCG’s service was irregular, bhim Singh said residents were paying a private vendor for door-to-door collection. “Our sector has most of the stray cattle. “We pay private vendors for the work, and additionally, then we pay for the garbage tax along with property tax to MCG. Residents also flagged deteriorating roads, uneven patches, encroachments and illegal parking in the market. “The boundary wall in the market was damaged and collapsed into the drain during monsoon. That reflects the infrastructure condition in the market,” he added.
Residents said stray cattle have become a major safety concern, frequently occupying roadsides, vacant plots and areas around garbage piles. They are in vacant plots, along roadsides, on roads and around garbage piles; they are seen everywhere,” he said, adding that the vacant land behind the sector’s community centre had become a dumping ground for garbage and construction and demolition (C&D) waste, attracting more cattle. “This is where the stray cattle are seen in the largest numbers, and the worst part is that the MCG is doing nothing to address the problem,” he said. Residents also said garbage is routinely dumped behind the community centre, along roadsides and in green belts. This is just unfair for the residents,” he said. In response, Preetpal Yadav, joint commissioner (Swachh Bharat Mission), MCG, said the civic body was deploying sanitation workers across wards. “We are trying to accommodate the available workers so that roads are swept regularly and residents do not face any sanitation-related issues,” he said. Bhim Singh said the market needed an urgent revamp. Residents said internal roads had worsened after water pipelines were laid across the sector. Locals also said stretches dug up for pipelines were not properly levelled. “The roads had sunk in several places, and many cars got stuck because of the uneven and damaged stretches,” he said. “In my own colony, there were five to six cars which were stuck, and the residents had to pay ₹ 1,000 or ₹ 1,500 to get the cars out,” Naresh Kumar Yadav added.
