India, Oct. 8 -- Crumbling road infrastructure, overflowing garbage dumps, foul stench all around, and poor civic maintenance - everything that residents of Palam Vihar are surrounded by. Repeated complaints of the civic neglect have been made by locals of the neighbourhood, but both Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) have turned a blind eye towards the residents' apathy, they have alleged.

Palam Vihar - once a planned and peaceful locality and city's one of the oldest residential areas - is now surviving in neglect.

Mounting garbage near temple

The most frustrating situation in the locality, residents say, are massive garbage dumps near a cow shelter and neighbouring temple. ...