GURUGRAM: Municipal commissioner Pradeep Dahiya ordered repairs to potholes within 72 hours at a review meeting on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram stepped up action against road dust. The directions cover damaged road surfaces, footpaths and waste left in public spaces, affecting residents and commuters using municipal roads across the city.
The review was held at the municipal office. MCG is listed at C1, Info City, Sector 34, in the air quality commission's current official circulation list. Local reports of Tuesday's meeting said executive engineers must personally inspect roads in their areas and certify their condition, with senior officers checking those assessments.
Engineers must inspect and certify roads
The repair deadline is part of a wider instruction to remove sources of dust. Dahiya identified potholes, broken road surfaces, damaged footpaths and soil along road edges as problems requiring attention. Engineers were asked to check whether roads meet the standards laid down by the Commission for Air Quality Management, or CAQM.
The inspection requirement gives the exercise two stages: an assessment by the executive engineer responsible for an area, followed by verification by senior officers. The reports do not establish that repairs have already been completed. They describe directions issued at the meeting, rather than a finished programme of work.
Roadside soil and construction debris are also to be removed, while damaged footpaths are to receive attention alongside carriageways. The distinction matters for people walking beside busy roads: the municipal directions extend beyond filling holes in the surface used by traffic.
Waste removal and dust hotspots
The sanitation branch was told to lift construction and demolition waste, horticultural waste and other rubbish regularly so that it does not remain in the open. Public spaces, road edges and footpaths fall within the areas covered by the cleanliness instructions reported from the meeting.
MCG was also directed to prepare an action plan for dust hotspots. Locations with persistent dust accumulation or dispersal are to be identified and prioritised for corrective work. The accounts describe a plan to locate and address these places; they do not provide a final street list or a separate financial allocation for the exercise.
- Repair instruction: potholes to be addressed within 72 hours.
- Accountability: executive engineers inspect and certify roads; senior officers verify.
- Sanitation: regular removal of building debris, garden waste and other rubbish.
- Next step: identify dust hotspots and act on local sources.
Deep cleaning involving residents and non-governmental organisations was another proposal at the review. Officials were asked to explore assigning road maintenance responsibilities to builders and such organisations. That remains an option to be examined, rather than evidence that any particular road has been handed over.
How this fits the current pollution measures
The municipal directions follow CAQM's November 2 Stage II order, which applies across the National Capital Region. Its enclosed schedule requires daily mechanical or vacuum sweeping with water sprinkling on identified roads, preferably at night or early in the morning, and proper disposal of the dust collected.
For background, earlier local coverage examined night inspections of road sweeping, Sadar Bazar footpath and sector road tenders, and lighting plans for roads and footpaths. Tuesday's instruction adds a repair deadline and an inspection requirement. Completion on individual roads still needs to be established.
