The proposal was dropped when some of the councillors, who represent these localities, demanded for the same while saying that Glada had funds for development works and it will be better if MC does not take over these colonies as of now.
Congress councillors Vineet Bhatia and Umesh Sharma said, “We cannot afford to bring these colonies under MC jurisdiction because most of the time the civic body is without funds but GLADA on the contrary has enough funds for the same.”
They said they did not get funds from the civic body in the past as well. Mayor Balkar Sandhu, however, said if councillors object to the proposal, then they cannot move ahead with the same. Officials have been sitting over this proposal to take over these colonies for years. The technical teams of MC and GLADA conducted a survey in the colonies to check what kind of basic amenities are absent in these colonies.
The officials claimed that some street lights, roads, bridges and other works are pending in these colonies and roughly Rs 21 crores will be spent on the work. If this proposal had been given approval, then the GLADA would have paid this one time amount to civic body for carrying out the development works.
In the proposal, the colonies which were supposed to be taken over included Sector 32-A and Sanjay Gandhi colony, Central Park and green belt EWS pocket and static compactor site 32 sector, Sector 33, 100 square yards pocket in Sector 38, Sector 39-A, commercial pocket in Sector 39, Sector 40, commercial pocket and parks in phase IV Focal point Dhandhari Kalan, Phase 3 Dugri Road, 200 feet wide byepass Dugri Road, Missing link, Dugri Road, commercial pockets phase 1 and 2 urban estate Dugri, Railway under bridge near Lodhi Club, commercial pocket canal colony site near Nehru Sidhant Kendra, old court site and Old Kotwali site.