India, June 28 -- Gurugram's Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other community groups have welcomed the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram's (MCG) move to enhance city parks and green spaces but urged the Haryana government to treat RWAs as partners and not contractors.

Voicing the thoughts of RWAs, Bhawani Shankar Tripathy, vice president of the RWA of Sector 23A, said residents are excited about the MCG commissioner's vision of boosting green spaces through citizen engagement but pointed to gaps in the current 'Park and Greenbelt Maintenance Policy'.

"The Haryana government must call this initiative 'Bhagidari' with RWAs, and not a contractual agreement with maintenance agencies. RWAs are volu...