The Times of India 07.08.2012
Transfer HUDA-controlled areas to MCG, demands GCC
GURGAON: Gurgaon Citizens Council held a meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue of bringing private areas under the purview of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG). As many as 17 councillors, including senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, attended the meeting. Representatives from various RWAs demanded strengthening of democratically elected municipality to ensure transparency in governance and better management of civic projects.Senior deputy mayor Yashpal Batra assured the gathering that he would highlight the issue in the next House meeting.
"I, along with other councillors, will meet the chief minister and ask him to expedite the process of transferring HUDA sectors and private areas to MCG," he said."The MCG
has already moved a proposal in this regard. But the matter is pending
with the urban local bodies department. No action has been taken in this
regard by the state government. This meeting aimed at building pressure
on the state authorities to expedite the process of transferring
control over HUDA areas to MCG," said RS Rathee, president, Gurgaon
Citizens Council."At present, private builders are charging residents
hefty maintenance fee without providing basic amenities. In most areas,
they have increased maintenance fee from Re1 per square yard to Rs2.50
per square yard per month. This is apart from charges for providing
water and disposing garbage.
Meanwhile, the MCG has also
started sending house tax bill to these residents. We want this double
taxation to end, and a case in this regard is already going on in the
court."Councillors from new Gurgaon claimed that they would pass a fresh
resolution to this effect in the next House meeting.
