Gurgaon: Haryana urban local bodies commissioner and secretary Ashok Kumar Meena on Saturday directed MCG officials to prepare a time-bound action plan to improve roads across the city, with targets for 30, 60 and 90 days, beyond those covered under the ongoing 100 road challenge.The plan must comply with the directions of Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), Meena said while chairing a review meeting with civic officials. The meeting covered road improvement works, sanitation, waste collection, grievance redressal and the progress of various development projects.Meena directed officials to keep major roads clean and well-maintained, eliminate potholes, repair footpaths, maintain green belts and clean drains. Covers over drains and other utility structures must be properly maintained, and construction and demolition (C&D) waste, horticultural waste and other garbage must not be allowed to accumulate along roadsides.He said the condition of the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway, particularly its cleanliness, green belts and service roads, must be monitored closely. Officials were asked to coordinate with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on cleanliness and other maintenance works along the highway.Reviewing the 100 road challenge, Meena asked officials to develop an effective progress-monitoring module to track road and footpath improvement works regularly. He said he would personally inspect roads after a month, visiting at least 20 that should have been fully developed to the prescribed standards, and stressed that the quality of work and adherence to deadlines must be closely watched.On garbage vulnerable points (GVPs), Meena said, “Merely removing waste from these locations will not provide a permanent solution. Officials must identify the sources of the garbage and determine who is dumping it at these locations.” He directed officials to put systems in place to prevent the problem from recurring. He also called for smart dustbins at selected locations on a pilot basis.Reviewing the 24-hour challenge, Meena warned officials against closing complaints without ensuring that the reported problems had actually been resolved. He directed the civic body to create separate penalty categories for complaints that remain unresolved beyond the prescribed deadlines, with responsibility fixed on the agencies and employees concerned. Accountability in grievance redressal was essential for residents to receive timely and effective solutions, he said.Officials told the meeting that the agency concerned would provide 100 vehicles for the new door-to-door waste collection system on Oct 28. The vehicles will be deployed in Zone 2. Meena asked for effective monitoring from the first day, particularly of collection routes, vehicle deployment and operational efficiency. He also asked the joint commissioners concerned to ensure proper monitoring of road-sweeping machines, and said he would conduct surprise inspections during his next visit to assess their functioning and the overall cleanliness arrangements.The commissioner and secretary further directed engineers to update the HEPW and other relevant portals regularly, with a fixed day each week to review and update the work recorded on each.
