Congress leaders dump garbage outside Gurgaon civic body HQ in protest against sanitation issues
Holding banners which demanded the clearing of garbage from city areas, Congress leaders including Raj Babbar demonstrated in front of the Gurgaon civic body’s office buildings.
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Holding banners which demanded the clearing of garbage for the sake of public health, the Congress leaders demonstrated in front of the MCG office building. (Special Arrangement)Congress leaders unloaded piles of garbage outside the headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), right next to the parked cars of senior civic officials, on Tuesday afternoon in protest against the city’s garbage and sanitation issues.
Senior party leaders, including Raj Babbar, Pearl Chaudhary and Vardhan Yadav, were present when the garbage was unloaded from tractors with signs that read, “Bhajpa ka kooda (BJP’s trash)”.
Following the protest, the authorities promised to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Holding banners which demanded the clearing of garbage for the sake of public health, the Congress leaders demonstrated in front of the MCG office buildings and said the district administration must stop “taking the lives of city residents”.
They also raised slogans like “Zila Prashashan Murdabad (down with the district administration)” and “Nagar Nigam Murdabad (down with the municipal corporation)”, “Dummy Mayor Gaddi Choro (leave your seat)”, and “Gurgawa Mayor Sahiba Murdabad (down with the Gurgaon Mayor)”, referring to BJP leader Rajrani Malhotra.
Babbar said he had been closely following civic issues in the city even after the 2024 general election results when he had contested from the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat and lost. “We cannot let Gurgaon become koodagram (filthy village),” said the leaders, accompanied by dozens of party workers.
Ravinder Yadav, Additional Commissioner, MCG, met the protesters and said work is underway to address the issues at the earliest, with more visible improvements expected by September-end.
MCG discusses sanitation takeover with RWA collective
The protest took place on a day when Pradeep Dahiya, Commissioner, MCG, held a nearly three-hour meeting with Residents’ Welfare Associations under the banner of the United Gurugram RWAs (UGR).
During the meeting, Dahiya also highlighted ongoing efforts to fix city streetlights before Diwali and said RWAs wishing to manage their garbage can register as bulk waste generators (BWGs), making them exempt from civic taxes in this regard.
Both sides agreed to further study the erstwhile Haryana Urban Development Authority’s arrangement wherein some RWAs were allowed to manage sanitation (sweeping) in their areas, something that the UGR has been demanding since earlier this year.
In a meeting held in May, more than 60 RWAs in Gurgaon had resolved to take over sanitation duties from the municipal corporation. The decision, which had received in-principle approval from the previous municipal commissioner Ashok Garg, was set to commence formally ahead of his transfer on May 5 but failed to materialise.
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