GURUGRAM: Haryana has told the three agencies that run Gurugram's roads to pick 100 of the city's worst stretches and rebuild them within 30 days, with a target date of 7 November. The instruction came from Rajesh Khullar, Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, at a review meeting held on Thursday at the PWD Rest House in Gurugram.
The state government's information department, which published the details on 8 October, calls the exercise the "30 Days Challenge". The roads will be drawn from the areas of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP). Each chosen road has to be at least 500 metres long.
Khullar made clear that patchwork will not count. For these roads the agencies are expected to deliver proper recarpeting, end-to-end pavement, street lights, lane marking, footpaths and signage, along with beautification. The roads are also to be cleared of encroachment and garbage. The release does not name the 100 roads, so residents cannot yet tell whether their own street is on the list.
Each selected road will get an information board with a QR code. By the official description, a resident who scans it should be able to see what work is planned, which department and officer is responsible, and the dates on which work is to start and finish. That is a small but real change: it puts a name and a deadline in front of the person walking past the diggings.
A second campaign, the "24 Hour Challenge", is meant to speed up everyday complaints. Residents will be able to report large garbage dumps, big potholes, sewage overflow, faulty street lights and trees that need trimming. Depending on the nature of the complaint, the department concerned must fix it within 24, 48 or 72 hours.
The release adds a penalty clause. If a review finds that an employee's negligence delayed the fix, the amount will be recovered from that employee and Rs 5,000 paid to the person who complained. The wording describes this as a provision to be kept in the system, so the exact rules and the process for claiming it still have to be spelt out.
The complaint platform does not exist yet. Officials have been asked to build an online portal for the one-month campaign, where people can upload a photo and a location with each complaint. Giving a name and mobile number will be optional, which the release says is meant to make more people report problems without hesitation.
Iconic roads, fines and a weekly scorecard
Khullar also asked for 10 "iconic roads" to be developed in Gurugram. On these stretches the administration plans to mark out smoking zones, and anyone smoking in a no-smoking zone will be fined on the spot. Special teams will enforce this, and the release says they have been told to behave politely and with respect towards citizens.
Team members will wear body cameras, and fines will be collected online. Wheelchairs will be available at these roads for people who need them, and information boards at major points will spell out the rules and the penalties. Within MCG limits, spitting in public and throwing chewing gum will also carry fines.
A third idea, "Hamara 500 Meter Area", is aimed at residents' welfare associations, schools, market associations and other groups. Each will be asked to look after the 500 metres around its own premises, keeping the area clean and orderly in partnership with the civic agencies.
To keep the agencies accountable, GMDA, MCG and HSVP have been told to prepare a weekly scorecard of work done. Every Saturday it is to be published in newspapers, signed by the officers concerned, so that road repair, cleanliness and civic works can be tracked in public. Residents who want to follow the 30 days can compare each scorecard with what they see on their own roads.
Officials present at the meeting included GMDA chief administrative officer PC Meena, ULB commissioner and secretary Ashok Kumar Meena, MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya, HSVP administrator Vaishali Singh and additional MCG commissioner Ankita Chaudhary. Khullar's own summary was that the four initiatives rest on coordination between departments, citizen participation, digital monitoring and time-bound action.
The new push follows a series of repair announcements this year. GMDA said earlier that it had cleared 495 km of roads, footpaths and cycle tracks, and set up monthly road inspections. It has also fixed daily targets for footpath repair. Whether the 100-road list repeats those stretches or adds new ones is not stated.
Two things will show whether the challenge works. One is whether the list of 100 roads, and the dates on the QR boards, are published early enough for residents to hold the agencies to them. The other is whether the Saturday scorecards report finished roads or only work started. The 7 November target falls just under a month from the date of the meeting, so the first scorecards should appear within days.
Source: Haryana Government press release dated 8 October 2026, on the Chief Principal Secretary's meeting with GMDA, MCG and HSVP officials in Gurugram. Figures and names are as given in that release, which was published in Hindi and has been paraphrased here.
