MOHALI: While over 400 parks in Mohali, under the care of Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), are faced with abject maintenance and upkeep for the last 12 months, resident welfare associations (RWAs) in various sectors and phases have been maintaining and beautifying 90 such designated green zones for the same time with contrasting results. After years of spending crores of tax payers money on the issue, GMADA recently took over the maintenance aspect of the said parks from the municipal corporation.
On the other hand, the RWAs have been going about their business with consummate ease and are receiving money from GMADA each month for maintenance of the parks at the rate of Re 1.30 per acre.
Manish Nagpal, a RWA member of Phase-IX said, ''We have been maintaining the neighbourhood park in our locality for the past one-and-a-half years. But parking of vehicles or stray dogs making the park their abode needs to be checked. Though we have asked GMADA authorities to hand over a couple of parks to us for maintenance, they have been reluctant to do so.''In June 2010, GMADA was poised to hand over the periodic maintenance of parks to the council but the local body objected to just being given maintenance charge of the parks and wanted a significant amount of cash to be able to carry out the maintenance of these parks.
with thanks : Times of India : link above for detailed news.
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