Awaiting ‘Gurgaon Window’

  • FG Bureau
  • India
  • Apr 24, 2015

The setting up of a unified civic authority – the Gurgaon Development Authority (GDA) – for the City, which was promised by BJP leaders in the run-up to the polls, is unlikely to materialise soon. The Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, seems not very enthused about GDA, and showed this during his recent visit to the City. In reply to a question from Friday Gurgaon, he said that if it (GDA) is required in public interest, then the government could pursue it. This is in contrast to the stand taken by Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh, who has again demanded (after the CM’s statement) that a decision on GDA should be taken on priority. The Gurgaon MP asserted that a single agency could best help resolve Gurgaon’s multiple civic and development problems, and the BJP had also promised that the role of multiple agencies in the city would be reduced. The setting up of GDA would also help to decentralise decision making, as currently almost everything requires Chandigarh’s approval. Rao Inderjit Singh added that he would meet with senior Central leaders in the government on this. Sources in the government said that it is unlikely that even this Haryana government would set up an agency like GDA, because it could lose control on the largest revenue earning district of the State. The government would also lose its direct influence on the real estate cash cow. 

People of Gurgaon and South Haryana are already feeling disillusioned with the performance of the BJP government, as they had hoped that development would be fast-tracked in the new set-up. This has not happened, and the spirit of the people has been dampened. The people in Gurgaon, particularly those awaiting action against errant and arrogant builders, are also surprised that there has been no change in the attitude of the local administration. The residents of the 900 meters disputed area around the IAF Depot had been promised that the resolution of their case would be taken up on priority, but all they are getting now is the same ‘sub judice’ answer.  Meanwhile, basic amenities like water and power continue to be denied to them. The government has also got itself caught up in the Mangar forest and Aravalli hills ‘development’ issue. The CM tried to justify his government’s stand while addressing the press conference on Sunday, but many things were left unanswered. On the positive side, the Haryana CM assured the people that those who have made complaints to the CM Window will be given an opportunity of a personal hearing if they feel that their case has not been understood or resolved properly. The CM added that some changes are also being made to the software. He reiterated that the government wants to make the CM Window so effective that a majority of the problems of the common masses would be redressed through this window.  Khattar also promised better Metro and bus connectivity to and in the City. Locals say that it is high time Gurgaon, being the cash cow of Haryana, starts to get preferential, if not ‘favourable’, treatment. Sanjiv Kumar, a resident, said that a single window civic agency and better transport facilities are needed at the earliest as people face several problems daily. Pawan, who has been struggling to get a plot of land regularised by HUDA, said that files still don’t move, despite the promise by the BJP govt. of strong governance and an end to corruption. There needs to be strong action taken against delays, but nothing happens, he alleged. Civil society activists in Gurgaon averred that the much promised action against errant builders is still not taking place in a systemic manner. The ‘actions’ that have been taken are only ‘conveniently’ addressing a few symptoms.

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