MCG to take over 5 colonies by November-end, tenders floated

GURUGRAM: The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will take over the five plotted colonies of Gurugram — Palam Vihar, South City 1, South City 2, Nirvana Country and Sushant Lok 1 — by November-end.

The corporation has already floated tenders for pending infrastructure work to be done in these colonies, according to the detailed project reports (DPRs) prepared by its officials.

The developers of these five plotted colonies had earlier expressed their inability to complete the pending work due to funds crisis.

According to MCG officials, tenders of Rs 19.32 crore, Rs 17.95 crore, Rs 11.76 crore, Rs 9.80 crore and Rs 41.28 crore have been floated for Palam Vihar, South City 1, South City 2, South City 2 (Nirvana Country), and Sushant Lok 1, respectively.

MCG commissioner Yashpal Yadav said that the five colonies would be taken over by November-end and the corporation would begin work related to road, sewerage, water, drainage, park and streetlight in these colonies after that.

Yadav’s announcement comes after the department of urban local bodies (ULB) approved the budget for civic work in these colonies earlier this month.

Under directions of ULB principal secretary Anand Mohan Saran, MCG had come up with the DPRs of the colonies and the same were approved by the state government on October 9.

TOI had, earlier, carried reports on the department of town and country planning (DTCP) issuing orders for takeover of eight colonies and MCG writing to the state government for approval for civic work worth Rs 70 crore in the colonies of Sushant Lok 1 and Palam Vihar.

DTCP had initially chosen September 15 as the deadline for the takeover but in August, infrastructure work in eight colonies was found to be far from completion.

At that time, Ansal API and Unitech — developers of Sushant Lok 1, South City 1 and 2, and Palam Vihar — had expressed inability to complete deficit infrastructure work but agreed to pay up by transferring movable or immovable assets to MCG.

On the other hand, DLF and Suncity had agreed to complete the work and it was decided at a meeting held under the chairmanship of DTCP director KM Pandurang that a nodal officer deputed by MCG would monitor the work.