DTCP hires contractor to clear Palam Vihar debris

Gurugram’s town planning department has hired a private contractor to clear demolition debris from Palam Vihar after days of complaints about blocked internal roads. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (jagran.com) The Department of Town and Country Planning said the waste came from its April 18-22 demolition drive across licensed colonies in Gurugram. That campaign removed more than 7,500 encroachments from over 15 colonies. (hindustantimes.com) Amit Madholia, Gurugram’s district town planner for enforcement, said lifting began in Palam Vihar and will be extended to other licensed colonies in phases. Officials said trucks are taking the debris to the Basai construction-and-demolition processing plant identified by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Palam Vihar generated some of the biggest debris piles in the drive, with broken boundary walls, ramps, fencing and guard rooms left along roads and public spaces. DTCP said the first priority is clearing main carriageways, intersections and stretches where movement was hit hardest. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The cleanup started only after a dispute between agencies over who had to remove the rubble. On April 25, DTCP asked the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram to clear debris in 14 handed-over colonies, including Palam Vihar, South City, Sushant Lok and Rosewood City. (hindustantimes.com) MCG refused, citing the Construction and Demolition Waste Rules, 2025, and Haryana’s waste policy. In its reply, the civic body said Rule 6(2) puts disposal on the “waste generator,” meaning the agency that created the debris during demolition. (hindustantimes.com) (tribuneindia.com) Those national rules were notified on April 2, 2025, and took effect on April 1, 2026. They require construction-and-demolition waste to be taken to a designated processing plant or collection point. (corporateprofessionals.com) The original demolition drive was tied to directions linked to the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s stilt-plus-four case. DTCP said the biggest action was in DLF Phase 1, DLF Phase 2 and Palam Vihar, where illegal fencing outside more than 1,000 houses was removed. (hindustantimes.com) Residents told local outlets that roads are opening up as trucks lift the rubble, but some also said the next test is keeping the cleared right of way from being encroached on again. For now, DTCP says Palam Vihar is the first stop in a wider debris-removal phase across Gurugram’s licensed colonies. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)