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Gurugram admin to award ₹1 Cr to cleanest wards for maintaining 2 months streak

Updated on Jun 30, 2024 05:10 AM IST

These initiatives include road construction or repair, park development, and the establishment or renovation of community centres

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has identified 25 bulk generators of secondary waste, issuing penalties against violations by 19 tractor trolleys operated by private agencies. (File Photo (Representational Image))

ByLeena Dhankar

MCG to handover wards 19 and 35 to citizens for sanitation upkeep

MCG officials remarked that this initiative will not only improve sanitation but also instil a sense of pride and responsibility among residents

Currently, many people dispose of household waste in public places instead of using the door-to-door collection service provided by the corporation, said MCG officials. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 30, 2024 05:08 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankar

Gurugram signs MoU for new waste-to-charcoal plant

MCG will provide the land and the waste collected from across the city. The plant will produce 200 metric tons of green charcoal daily

The municipal-corporation is trying to expedite the construction of boundary wall of waste-to-energy plant at Galand to get rid of city's daily solid waste in Ghaziabad as of May 2023. (HT Photo)

Published on Jun 29, 2024 05:36 PM IST

ByLeena Dhankar

Gurugram signs MoU with NTPC for waste-to-charcoal plant

MCG commissioner Narhari Singh Bangar announced that the plant will convert 600 metric tons of waste generated from the city into 200 metric tons of coal once fully operational

National Thermal Power Corporation (Representative Photo)

Published on Jun 29, 2024 12:10 PM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Cave in on road linking NH48 to DLF Phase-3 stops traffic for day

Officials said that an 18-wheel truck loaded with 40 metric tonnes of fine quality sand had reached there after Thursday midnight

A truck loaded with building material stuck on a road at DLF phase-3 after the heavy rain near Moulsari Avenue rapid metro station on Friday. (Parveen Kumar/HT)

Updated on Jun 29, 2024 07:53 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Rainwater floods homes, roads in Gurugram

Despite repeated complaints about flooding on the 18m road in Gurugram’s Sector 23A, the department refuses to act, said residents

People are going to work amid rain on the NH-48 service road near Khandsa village in Gurugram on Friday. (Parveen Kumar/HT)

Updated on Jun 29, 2024 07:33 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Drive against unauthorised structures along SPR starts in Gurugram

GMDA launched a 4-day drive to clear unauthorized structures from green belts along Southern Peripheral Road to beautify Gurugram and increase green cover.

RS Batth, DTP, GMDA, said that approximately 30 nurseries, 15 Banjara shops, three permanent structures including shops and a service station, and around 75 jhuggies were demolished (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 29, 2024 07:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Heavy rain causes severe waterlogging in Gurugram; traffic affected

Many city areas were heavily inundated, with residents of Dwarka Expressway, Sector 9, Sector 21, Sector 23, and MG Road reporting significant waterlogging

According to the weather department, the city received 30mm rainfall. (PTI photo)

Published on Jun 28, 2024 09:42 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Police reshuffle: Gurugram gets new joint CP, DCP (crime)

Officials said the transfer orders, shared late on Wednesday, state that IPS officer Nazneen Bhasin has been appointed the Gurugram joint commissioner of police — a post that was lying vacant.

This is the first major reshuffle of the police department carried out by the Nayab Singh Saini government in the state. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 08:08 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Gunrunner’s ploy to extort hotelier foiled, 6 pistols seized in Gururgam

A police officer told HT that the suspects had orders, from their leader hiding abroad, to fire multiple rounds at the hotelier’s food court

A senior police officer said that the suspects had orders from Kaushal’s brother-in-law, hiding abroad, to fire multiple rounds at the hotelier’s food court in Neemrana, Rajasthan, and leave a letter demanding extortion money. (File Photo)

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 08:04 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Haryana govt steps in as waste crisis escalates in Gurugram

Residents have increasingly voiced concerns over the deteriorating sanitary conditions, with overflowing garbage bins, said officials

Garbage pileup on the roadside at sector-11 Khandsa road near SD High School in Gurugram on 11 June 2024. (Parveen Kumar/HT)

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Sec 51 society to be maintained by MCG

CM Saini emphasised the public interest in the transfer of Mayfield Gardens to the MCG, ordering its completion within a week

Just a day before the takeover process on June 15, the MCG’s projection of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>16.21 crore was contested by the developer, who claimed only <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4.5 crore was needed, leading to the delay (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 28, 2024 07:48 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Threat, sabotage: How water mafia is holding Gurugram residents to ransom

Residents of Emaar Imperial Garden residential society in Sector 102 were in for a shock on Tuesday morning, as there was no water in their taps.

A view of the damaged pipelines leading to Imperial Garden in Sector 102. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 26, 2024 05:01 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Liquor vend adjacent to society irks residents

At least 100 residents gathered at the liquor vend at 10am on Monday holding placards to register their protest

Residents protest against liquor vend allotment adjacent to a residential society in Sector-43 near Gold Souk Mall on Monday. (Parveen Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:16 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Waste mismanagement remains an issue in Gurugram

Haryana chief secretary TVSN Prasad had launched the solid waste environment exigency programme to address critical waste management issues in Gurugram

A tractor illegally dumps C&D waste on an empty plot in Sector 52A in Gurugram on June 22. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar, Gurugram:

4 gunrunners arrested in Gurugram, ₹60 lakh worth of pistols seized

Gurugram police did not rule out connections to prominent gangsters and are conducting raids to trace the suppliers of the arms and ammunition

Crime branch officials noted that out of the six pistols, two were manufactured in the United States and one in Austria. (File Photo (Representational Image))

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:06 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Leopard attacks cattle in Sohna

A few villagers spotted a leopard on the outskirts of the village reportedly for the third consecutive night on Saturday, leading to panic among locals and prompting them to demand night patrolling by forest department teams

A leopard allegedly killed three cattle and attacked other domestic animals on Saturday near the outskirts of Ghamroj village in Sohna. (Representational Image)

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:04 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

To improve waste collection, 50 MCG teams to conduct survey

MCG teams began visiting households in residential areas to gather information on regular waste collection and other relevant issues. The teams have been directed to complete the survey within three days and submit their findings to the MCG joint commissioner

The primary objective of the survey in Gurugram will be to identify obstacles at the ward-level of the door-to-door waste collection system, MCG officials said on Sunday. (HT PHOTO.)

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:02 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Gurugram cops gear up, undergo training to implement three new laws from July 1

“The BNS 2023 consists of 358 sections, a reduction from IPC’s 511 sections, but with enhanced penalties and provisions,” police commissioner Arora

Gurugram, India-May 26, 2024: Haryana Police and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) stand guard outside a sealed 'strong room' where electronic voting machines (EVM) are kept following Lok Sabha election of Haryana state at Government Girl College in sector-14, in Gurugram, India, on Sunday, 26 May 2024. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Policeman injured, vehicles damaged after violence erupts in Gurugram’s Sector 35

According to the police, the violence erupted outside an automobile manufacturing unit located in Sector 35 following a worker’s death after he was allegedly run over by a factory bus

Published on Jun 22, 2024 01:31 PM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Gurugram: 2 killed, 4 injured in explosion at fire extinguisher factory

Bhim Nagar fire station officer Ramesh Kumar said they received a call about the fire at the factory around 12.36am

Police said that more than two dozen factories, which were in close proximity to the fire extinguisher factory, were also gutted in the explosion (Twitter Photo)

Published on Jun 22, 2024 10:23 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Two killed, four injured in blast at fire extinguisher factory in Gurugram

The incident took place at around 3 am on Saturday, police said.

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 08:26 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

GMDA to build 154 new bus queue shelters

GMDA’s initiative includes the development of approximately 80 new shelters between Sectors 68 and 95, from the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) to the Northern Peripheral Road

To facilitate smoother traffic flow, bus lay-byes will be included at BQS locations wherever feasible, GMDA said officials. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Probe ordered after man dies in Gurugram landfill collapse

Municipal Corporation of Gurugram orders probe into death of worker buried alive under garbage pile. Activists demand accountability and immediate action.

Congress leader Raj Babbar at the Bandhwari landfill. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 04:41 PM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

Job aspirant forced to open accounts for crime, two held in Gurugram

“Under the pretence of needing multiple accounts for various fees and salary deposits,” said assistant commissioner of police (cyber crime) Priyanshu Dewan

Police added that the accused had promised the victim a job and brought him to Gurugram (Representational Image)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 06:16 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

ULB minister seeks improvement in Gurugram waste management within fortnight, warns of action

The minister sought strict action under the Solid Waste Environment Exigency Programme (Sweep), directing officials to get FIRs registered against principal generators of C&D (construction and demolition) waste who dump waste illegally

Illegally dumped C&D waste on a vacant plot along the Dwarka Expressway. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 05:46 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

GMDA floats tenders for repairing over 64km of master sector dividing roads

Officials said GMDA has invited bids for these projects, which will be carried out at a cost of ₹109 crore

Updated on Jun 20, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Gurugram

HC stays coercive action against Ggm waste company fired by municipality

The contract was an agreement signed between MCG and Ecogreen Energy on August 14, 2017 to develop an integrated waste management system

Updated on Jun 20, 2024 06:40 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

GMDA starts installing smart streetlights to improve safety in sectors 68-80

The move comes against the backdrop of residents complaining of dark stretches, and an increase in instances of snatching and vehicle lifting from these sectors, an official said

Lack of proper streetlighting is a cause for concern, residents said. (Representative photo/HT Archive)

Updated on Jun 20, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

No trees planted in Ggm after expansion of roads, RTI reveals

Gurugram civic bodies fail to implement compensatory afforestation after tree felling for road projects, raising concerns about environmental conservation efforts.

Gurugram, India-January 16, 2023:A highrise building view of Gurugram city near Golf course road, The rise in housing prices will stay in 2023 and it will be supported by robust demand for the next one year. The high input costs will create volatility but the residential sector will continue to grow this year. As per the Colliers, CREDAI, Liases Foras joint report, in Gurugram, India, on Monday, 16 January 023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)(Pic to go with Abhishek Behl's story)

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 05:38 PM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar

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These initiatives include road construction or repair, park development, and the establishment or renovation of community centres

MCG officials remarked that this initiative will not only improve sanitation but also instil a sense of pride and responsibility among residents

MCG will provide the land and the waste collected from across the city. The plant will produce 200 metric tons of green charcoal daily

MCG commissioner Narhari Singh Bangar announced that the plant will convert 600 metric tons of waste generated from the city into 200 metric tons of coal once fully operational

Officials said that an 18-wheel truck loaded with 40 metric tonnes of fine quality sand had reached there after Thursday midnight

Despite repeated complaints about flooding on the 18m road in Gurugram’s Sector 23A, the department refuses to act, said residents

GMDA launched a 4-day drive to clear unauthorized structures from green belts along Southern Peripheral Road to beautify Gurugram and increase green cover.

Many city areas were heavily inundated, with residents of Dwarka Expressway, Sector 9, Sector 21, Sector 23, and MG Road reporting significant waterlogging

Officials said the transfer orders, shared late on Wednesday, state that IPS officer Nazneen Bhasin has been appointed the Gurugram joint commissioner of police — a post that was lying vacant.

A police officer told HT that the suspects had orders, from their leader hiding abroad, to fire multiple rounds at the hotelier’s food court

Residents have increasingly voiced concerns over the deteriorating sanitary conditions, with overflowing garbage bins, said officials

CM Saini emphasised the public interest in the transfer of Mayfield Gardens to the MCG, ordering its completion within a week

Residents of Emaar Imperial Garden residential society in Sector 102 were in for a shock on Tuesday morning, as there was no water in their taps.

At least 100 residents gathered at the liquor vend at 10am on Monday holding placards to register their protest

Haryana chief secretary TVSN Prasad had launched the solid waste environment exigency programme to address critical waste management issues in Gurugram

Gurugram police did not rule out connections to prominent gangsters and are conducting raids to trace the suppliers of the arms and ammunition

A few villagers spotted a leopard on the outskirts of the village reportedly for the third consecutive night on Saturday, leading to panic among locals and prompting them to demand night patrolling by forest department teams

MCG teams began visiting households in residential areas to gather information on regular waste collection and other relevant issues. The teams have been directed to complete the survey within three days and submit their findings to the MCG joint commissioner

“The BNS 2023 consists of 358 sections, a reduction from IPC’s 511 sections, but with enhanced penalties and provisions,” police commissioner Arora

According to the police, the violence erupted outside an automobile manufacturing unit located in Sector 35 following a worker’s death after he was allegedly run over by a factory bus

Bhim Nagar fire station officer Ramesh Kumar said they received a call about the fire at the factory around 12.36am

The incident took place at around 3 am on Saturday, police said.

GMDA’s initiative includes the development of approximately 80 new shelters between Sectors 68 and 95, from the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) to the Northern Peripheral Road

Municipal Corporation of Gurugram orders probe into death of worker buried alive under garbage pile. Activists demand accountability and immediate action.

“Under the pretence of needing multiple accounts for various fees and salary deposits,” said assistant commissioner of police (cyber crime) Priyanshu Dewan

The minister sought strict action under the Solid Waste Environment Exigency Programme (Sweep), directing officials to get FIRs registered against principal generators of C&D (construction and demolition) waste who dump waste illegally

Officials said GMDA has invited bids for these projects, which will be carried out at a cost of ₹109 crore

The contract was an agreement signed between MCG and Ecogreen Energy on August 14, 2017 to develop an integrated waste management system

The move comes against the backdrop of residents complaining of dark stretches, and an increase in instances of snatching and vehicle lifting from these sectors, an official said

Gurugram civic bodies fail to implement compensatory afforestation after tree felling for road projects, raising concerns about environmental conservation efforts.

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