Govt to monitor completion of infra work before colony transfer to MCG

GURUGRAM: The director of the department of town and country planning (DTCP), K M Pandurang, will hold a meeting with developers on Thursday to review infrastructure work completed by them before the transfer of several private colonies to the MCG.
In an earlier meeting he had chaired on July 14, the DTCP director had directed developers to deposit Rs 139.8 crore in total, along with money they had collected from residents for security and maintenance, failing which, they should complete the infrastructure as per MCG’s revised estimates. It was further decided that all deficit infrastructure works will have to be completed within two months.



At the meeting, DLF was rasked to deposit deficit infrastructure cost of Rs 14.12 crore for Phase 1, Rs 9.43 crore for Phase 2 and Rs 11.89 crore for Phase 3, or complete the unfinished infrastructure work.

The developer agreed to complete the deficit work, while MCG agreed to depute an officer for DLF to keep an eye on the quality of developmental work they do, to leave no grievance regarding quality control.

The representative of Ansals told DTCP the RWAs of Palam Vihar and Sushant Lok 1 have already taken over maintenance of their respective colonies and are collecting maintenance charges. He further said the Ansals are examining the revised DPR, at which DTCP said the developer is responsible for maintenance of the colony as per provisions of the Act of 1975. After detailed deliberation, Ansals agreed to complete the deficit infrastructure within two months.

Unitech, with two projects South City 1 and 2 up for takeover, sought more time for taking a decision, but when DTCP officials insisted the colonizer complete pending infrastructure work within the set time frame, they agreed.

When contacted, councillor R S Rathee, who recently raised the demand for takeover of colonies in the House, said as per Municipal Act, 1994, MCG should start providing obligatory and discretionary functions simultaneously with the takeover process, without waiting for completion of transfers, as colony transfer is a long process that may stretch further.

Residents should get the services, considering they are already paying property tax and FAR charges to the corporation, he added.

A decision was taken on February 8, 2016 to transfer possession of all roads, open spaces, public parks and public health services in residential plotted colonies, namely Palam Vihar, Sushant Lok 1 and DLF 1, 2 and 3 to MCG on ‘as-is-where-is’ basis, subject to certain conditions, including liability to obtain completion/part completion certificates and renewal of licences.