Sector 22 residents flag garbage, stray cattle and damaged roads in Gurugram

Bhim Singh Yadav points to vacant land behind Sector 22’s community centre, where garbage and construction waste have accumulated alongside stray cattle. Residents say cattle are regularly seen on roadsides, vacant plots and around dumping sites, creating a safety concern.

They also said door-to-door collection by the MCG has been irregular, forcing some households to pay private collectors while also paying the municipal garbage charge with property tax. Naresh Kumar Yadav said road sweeping had not taken place in parts of the sector for two weeks during the sanitation workers’ strike. The wider city has also seen delays in garbage lifting.

Sector 22 residents flagged uneven internal roads after pipeline work, waterlogging during the monsoon, market encroachments and poorly maintained parks. They said some vehicles got stuck on sunken stretches.

MCG joint commissioner Preetpal Yadav said workers were being deployed so roads could be swept regularly. The civic body floated a ₹1.8 crore tender on August 11 to appoint two cattle-catching agencies. Ward 3 councillor Rakesh Yadav said a ₹9 crore road-repair tender has been approved, while a separate park-revamp tender for Sectors 21 and 22 is estimated at about ₹3 crore.