Honesty Kills

Everyone who took the time to read, engage with and support this ask -thank you. Many are asking: why not organise a protest? But does government only listen when people protest,Why should asking the Haryana Cabinet and administration to implement their own rules, norms and civic provisions ..fully, fairly and not through selective or window-dressed measures ..become a protest? Basically, we are invisible to the Haryana government. The #people_already_living_in_Gurugram are INVISIBLE. Gurugram seems to be seen only as a city with rapid expansion and development prospects -#HappeningHaryana ! The belief is ..: “पैसा बहुत है गुरुगाँव में, सब अमीर हैं; इन लोगों को कुछ करवाना होता है तो ख़ुद ही पैसा लगाकर काम करवा लें। ये अंग्रेज़ी बोलने वाले लोग हैं, high-rise या बढ़िया कॉलोनी में रहते हैं -फिर भी चू-चू करते रहते हैं। कुछ नहीं होता तो क्या, 10–100 करोड़ लगाकर घर ख़रीदते हैं। प्रदूषण भी तो यही फैलाते हैं।” Just before the major waterlogging a few days ago, an HSIIDC GM asked during a presentation: “What’s lacking in Gurgaon?” And answered himself: “The world’s tallest tower is coming up soon.” !! How do you even make people SEE us? Certainly, the broken infrastructure is visible -but it is taken as WIP. अभी तो बीस-तीस वर्ष लगेंगे पूरे शहर को बनाने में। Trust me, our problems are not seen as problems that need solving NOW. They are simply relegated to the future -while the next investor, builder and buyer takes priority. Invisible people protesting, crying or pleading are still just that … invisible. If there was any real remorse, would the CM and Cabinet not have recognised the fiasco and chaos of Gurugram by now -after several lakh representations, grievance portals, Swachh Bharat complaints, failed ratings, NGT cases, PILs and years of lived experience? When an entire city is under duress, ordinary citizens cannot be expected to fight entrenched contractor, waste, construction, transport and builder lobbies. Government must. Gurugram has effectively been under a health emergency for years. Dhoom-dhuaan, waterlogging, pollution, waste, broken infrastructure and failure to implement basic civic norms have made this an all-out health and safety emergency. This is ultimately a political decision: what gets prioritised, what is enforced and what is allowed to continue. The MP Gurgaon needs to recognise this city for what it is -a city requiring immediate SOS treatment. I ask with full responsibility and humility: will Rao साहब give Gurugram one complete year -experience all seasons -while residing here, outside DLF Phase 5, GCR or Civil Lines? Look closely. Breathe the acidic, acrid, dust-laden air enveloping us, our homes and our city. We are in dire need of extraordinary measures to arrest these problems and reduce the daily strife, struggle and suffocation faced by the existing population. 🙏 This photograph is from 2019, handing over our representations to MP Rao Inderjit ji . Seven years later, we are still asking for the same basic civic accountability. The open waste-dumping video is from 2022 -when people were not yet talking about a waste crisis because the GVPs were away from residential sectors. But the violations and the crisis already existed. The same situation continues across Gurgaon. Nothing has changed -not even the elected reps entrusted with implementing the government’s own rules. @NayabSainiBJP ji @mlkhattar ji @RaoNarbir ji @Rao_InderjitS ji #Gurugram #Accountability #Liveability #Governance #RealityNotRealty #Health #Environment #Rains #Waterlogging #DhoolDhuaan #AirPollution

Two civic issues that need urgent attention in Gurgaon: 1️⃣ Tigra Chowk: The stagnant sewerage water has finally been cleared after nearly 5 days. I understand from shopkeepers that machines were deployed from late last evening through noon today. A sincere appeal to @OfficialGMDA CEO Sh. P.C. Meena ji to review why this was allowed to persist for 5 days. The foul odour and unsanitary conditions caused considerable hardship, particularly to those using the road daily, including community helpers living in Tigra. A review of what went wrong, accountability where required is warranted 🙏 2️⃣ Open discharge: Just 500meters away from this point near Nirvana, residents have recorded what appears to be sewerage water being discharged openly onto a road-facing area. This is unrelated to the Tigra incident but is reflective of a common practice across Gurgaon. Sharing a recent video recorded by a resident of The Close Apartment. If designated disposal points exist for sewerage tankers, open discharge needs to stop. Proper containment can help protect groundwater and ensure basic sanitary conditions. Incidentally, @CPCB_OFFICIAL had also tweeted regarding complaint TW 21-27310, asking GMDA to take action and update the action taken. Hoping both issues are reviewed seriously and result in lasting corrective action. 🙏 @pcmeenaIAS @MunCorpGurugram @PradeepIAS_HR @DC_Gurugram Video credit @khushisinghal @cleanAirBharat