No prizes for guessing, it’s GURGAON. It’s the biggest failure among all the efforts which our governments made to create happy living for the citizens in the so called NCR region. So called because for our builders even 100 Kms from National capital is NCR. It’s a mockery of urbanization policies and a slap on the face of those who called it with names like - Global City , Singapore city , city of rich and educated and what not.
This satellite town of NCR never lived up to its expectations. Without any urban planning they have created a city of Superstructures with Zero infrastructure. When I visited this place for the first time I was appalled by its horrifying condition. With no facility of public transport I had to walk for 5 Kms in the scorching heat of June to get an auto rickshaw. For miles there was nothing but buildings and speeding cabs of call centers. God forbade, if by any chance you get hit by any of those, there is not a single soul to help you for miles.
No, I do not hold any animosity against the innocent dwellers of this city. Their only mistake is that they have fallen into the false trap of builders and believed on fake claims made by the city creators in government. Without any urban planning, no public transport , zero infrastructure in terms of roads , drainage system , power supply this is a “City of Mess”. There are sad stories of people getting trapped in their house during rains. Water gets filled in the basements, blow off the power grids and back up generators immobilizing lifts. If you are living in your free hold then you will have to swim in the puddles all around it in order to reach destination. Even there were reports in TOI sayinf that people are sleeping in cars with their kids because of the power cuts all night in our “Global City “.
New toll road has failed to live on its promise to solve the traffic woes for commuters. People get stuck in traffic even in 16 lane road for hours. During the peak office time it takes at least 2 hours from any adjoining border areas of Delhi to reach Gurgaon. Think about the pain of those who travel from far east or northern part of Delhi.
By writing all this my plea to the government is “No more Gurgaons”. Not for God’s sake , but for the poor peoples sake. There has to be some kind of policy or planning to stop mushrooming of such disasters. Such places only create havoc for environment and climate. Such places increase pollution , climatic temperature, reduce water table etc. Create measures to stop the builders who fool innocent farmers to buy their fertile lands for construction. Once acquired then go on to make false claims about their projects and fool inncocent people to fall into the trap of investing in their projects.
To first citizens of Gurgaon who thinks “I am rich and I can buy any thing “and have closed their eyes on such issues. Please leave your bloated egos, this city never was a Global city, and will never be until you take a stand. Take a stand against lack of civic amenities in city; educate people who are buying in Gurgaon about its pathetic state. Builders will not stop selling this mess to us until we start questioning before buying.
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