Sharing photos from 2004-2022 of a green belt that runs along the road from #IffcoChowkStation to #HudaCityCentre. Degradation - Used as parking and a thoroughfare. At such a busy junction, the green belt must be revived.
@OfficialGMDA@mlkhattar@DC_Gurugram
++ pics in thread
@urbancompany_UC is there a way to talk to an actual human on your platform? I have an active ticket but your bot is not letting me type and is not resolving my issue.
High Court stays Gurgaon’s Stilt+4 policy over infra gaps
I know some of you won’t like this. But let me be honest with you.
Drive through any of sushant lok, any open huda sectors on a Sunday morning the quietest day of the week. Count how many seconds it takes before a car coming the other way forces one of you to reverse. That’s on a 12 metre road with 4.5 metres of actual motorable space left. Now imagine what it looks like on a Monday at 6pm!
Residents living here say plots meant for 4 families now have 16 families living in them. Population density in sectors went up by 4x. Sewage, water, parking none of it was built for this.
People came to Gurgaon to escape exactly this.
The narrow lanes. The extended porches eating into roads. The cars parked on both sides forcing you to fold your mirrors. The overflowing sewage every monsoon. Electricity that trips along with it the pressure in your water tap.
Gurgaon is seeing rapid builder-floor densification and with it, severe parking shortages, choked lanes and a spike in fights & accidents. We have seen this story unfold in Delhi, now we are watching it happen to Gurgaon sector by sector.
The problem is not the fourth floor. The problem is building the fourth floor on infrastructure designed for one.
In 2026, The Millennium City looks like one only in Gated Condos. Gurgaon was supposed to be different. Let’s keep it that way.
I say all of this knowing it’s deeply complex.
Because on the other side of this argument is another person, someone who bought his plot knowing Stilt+4 was allowed. Paid a higher price for that exact reason. Built his financial plan around those four floors. Some have already developed. Some are halfway through. Some were waiting.
Whatever the court decides, one section will walk away disappointed. One can only hope the majority ends up on the right side!
Next hearing: April 8
Iran's Drone Warfare: Asymmetric Economics & Implications for India
Iran’s low-cost kamikaze Shahed drones have added new asymmetric dimensions to modern warfare and its economics.
My latest:
(First attempt at a Substack, do read)
https://t.co/afkw4scU5f
It hasn’t stopped! Trees that were finally big and strong have once again been chopped in front oh Hamilton court. Have some shame @MunCorpGurugram@HsvpHaryana@OfficialGMDA and Gurgaon citizens wake up!!!
@maverickone01 It’s shocking. I agree that we need pavements for pedestrians and last mile connectivity.. but the pavements will be used by hawkers, and cars will be parked along, and the remaining trees will be suffocated by concrete tiles. #savegurgaontrees
@rasikachopra@OfficialGMDA@MunCorpGurugram It’s truly terrible how many trees have been cut. When the rest of the world is looking at afforestation, the authorities are busy chopping trees and the citizens busy bursting crackers.
https://t.co/drorV6WKaO
@Parikshit_Sriv9@cmohry@PMOIndia@NayabSainiBJP@CPCB_OFFICIAL Look at the number of trees they have been cutting in the name of pavements which will be taken up by hawkers and the trees that have not been cut will have concrete tiles for their roots
@striktlyfiction@theskindoctor13 And private shelters don’t get money from the govt. They run on donations from the animal welfare community. Why should they be paying for all street dogs when the govt is mandated to carry out these duties from taxes the animal welfare community and others are already paying?
@striktlyfiction@theskindoctor13 There are no shelters. The shelters that exist are pounds which cannot house the dog population, so it isn’t a lovely life off the streets, away from the scorching heat. They won’t get meals and will be packed in like sardines.
So many animal haters—especially dog haters—are surfacing lately.
And their classic comeback? “Apne ghar le jao.”
Without knowing a thing about animal behaviour, they simply vent their hatred.
It’s ignorance, not solution, that fuels this mindset.