Ravi S. Singh
Tribune News Service
Gurgaon, June 5
NGO warns against unplanned development
The Society for Urban Regeneration of Gurgaon and its Environs
(SURGE), headed by former the Chief Secretary of Haryana, Mr M. C.
Gupta, today leaned in favour of rapid, planned and holistic growth
and development of Gurgaon.
A delegation of SURGE, a non-government organisation floated in 2000
under the Chairmanship of late J. N. Dixit, former National Security
Advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, met the district
authorities and presented the body’s vision of the growth of Gurgaon.
SURGE was set up to play a prominent role to ensure a balanced and
planed development of Gurgaon city.
The broad sweep of the vision was that the city should develop with a
soul, and should also emerge as a hub of cultural and educational
activities.
The delegation of SURGE that met the authorities included Mr M. C.
Gupta, Mr P. M. Sinha, chief of Bata India, Mr Jyoti Sagar, a
well-known lawyer, Mr M. N. Sharma, a former Engineer-in-Chief of
Haryana and Mr Darshan Singh.
Among the officials present in the meeting included the Deputy
Commissioner, Gurgaon, Mr Sudhir Rajpal, HUDA Administrator, Gurgaon,
Mr Anurag Aggarwal and the district police chief, Mr Yogender Nehra.
The SURGE members impressed upon the need for planned growth of the
city keeping future exigencies in view. The members apprehend that
without conscious planning and expansion of the city there was a
possibility of it converting into congested and clogged areas.
The authorities were receptive to the ideas and suggestions from SURGE.
A decision was taken in the meeting to shortlist issues and prepare
action-points on which both the district administration and SURGE
could harmonise their intellectual and material resources in the
welfare of the city.