Residents of posh area in dire state
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Sahara Grace Apartments is one of the posh areas of Gurgaon in DLF-II. There are more than 209 Apartments of which 6 are villas. More than 70 per cent apartments have been occupied.
Because of the proximity of MG road and different malls these apartments are always in high demand. The whole apartments are covering more than 11 acres of land. But still there is no proper entrance into these apartments. Present main thoroughfare leading to Sahara Grace Apartments is in bad shape due to encroachments by petty vendors. The width of the road is 30 feet only. According to Haryana Government Apartments Act any residential area having more than 11 acres of land must have 60 feet thoroughfare," says Balraj Malhotra, an executive member of Sahara Grace Owner's Association Sadly the existing road is now encroached upon by the vendors on the both sides. Last month there was an incident of fire in the apartments but the fire tenders could not enter the area due to encroachments by the vendors and the presence of so many cable wires in the area. Feeder service had to be used to douse the fire, explains some of the residents.
The pitches of the road are in pathetic condition. Pitches have worn out at the entrance of the main road. The road remains dark once it is dusk. "For the ladies and girls it is always very difficult to take the road due to presence of the anti-social elements at the food vendors' stalls. It is very difficult to enter into the road in cars as rickshaw pullers keep on occupying the road all the time. There prevails a kind of chaotic situation in the area. PCR vans are also found to keep on waiting on the same spot but they never bother to control the situation," alleges Kiran Dutta, a resident of the area.
The presence of the wine shop simply frightens the residents not to take the road once it is dusk. Boozers throng into the place.
"Last year we met the municipal commissioner of Gurgaon and appraised the matter to him. He immediately took action and removed all the vendors selling food there. After few days now the same situation prevails there. There is no respite from the menace. We even appealed him to plant saplings on both sides of the road as to discourage encroachment and we are yet to get any response from the authority," says Kapil Dutta, president Sahara Grace Owner's Association. |
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