'Sewage overflow plagues Surat Nagar'
Gurugram, Sept. 9 -- Congress leaders and residents of Surat Nagar on Sunday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of betraying Gurugram by failing to provide even basic civic facilities, alleging that daily life has been reduced to a struggle for survival amid sewage overflows, stagnant water, and uncollected garbage.
Responding to repeated appeals from locals, the Congress delegation visited Surat Nagar, which houses about 2,000 families and hosts a population of nearly 30,000 residents, and walked through its waterlogged lanes.
District Congress president (urban) Pankaj Dawar, who led the visit, alleged that the government was making "false claims of development while leaving citizens to live in miserable conditions."
"This is not 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' but betrayal with everyone. For 24 hours a day, residents are forced to wade through dirty water. Young people are unable to find marriage proposals, children struggle to get to school, and the elderly remain trapped indoors," Dawar said, blaming poor drainage systems for flooding and sewage overflow even in the absence of rainfall.
Vinod Gehlot, a local, said, "We are not asking for luxuries, just basic civic facilities. Every day we fight to get sewage cleared and garbage lifted."
Senior Congress leaders Kulraj Kataria, Rahul Yadav, and Seema Pahujha accompanied Dawar, demanding urgent intervention from the government and municipal authorities.
In response, BJP leaders defended the government. Cabinet minister Rao Narbir Singh said, "The Congress government sold land and allowed colonies to mushroom without ensuring proper planning or infrastructure. The problems residents face now are not of our making, but we have taken on the responsibility to fix them."
Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) commissioner Pradeep Dahiya, along with his team, also visited Surat Nagar under the ongoing Haryana City Sanitation Campaign....
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