Gurugram RWAs seek higher green belt maintenance payments

GURUGRAM: Resident welfare associations asked the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority to raise payments for maintaining parks and green belts on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, citing the cost of labour and upkeep. The request includes Rising Homes Society in Sector 92, whose association wrote to GMDA chief executive officer P C Meena, according to local media reports.

The associations want maintenance support to reflect the work required to keep public green areas in use. Reports published on October 27 confirmed the request for a rate revision and the comparison being drawn with payments from the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram.

What the associations are asking for

The rate cited in the residents' representation is Rs 2.75 per square metre for GMDA supported maintenance, compared with Rs 4.85 per square metre under the municipal arrangement. These are the figures advanced in support of the demand, rather than a new rate approved by GMDA.

Rising Homes RWA president Praveen Malik said the association wanted the authority to reconsider the payment and take firmer action against encroachment and dumping of debris in green belts. He argued that maintenance costs should be assessed against actual work and statutory obligations. The request concerns both the money available for upkeep and protection of the public land being maintained.

The Rising Homes association has been maintaining roughly 5,500 square metres of green space since 2022, the reports said. Its representatives cited increased wage costs and provident fund expenses in explaining why the existing support was becoming harder to work within.

Residents described horticulture, security, electrical and plumbing work and washroom cleaning among the maintenance responsibilities. The associations say funding should recognise those recurring tasks when a rate is assessed, rather than treating upkeep only as a matter of looking after planting.

Location: Rising Homes Society, Sector 92, and other RWA maintained green areas.
Request: reconsider maintenance payments and act against encroachment and debris dumping.
Confirmed status: a demand for review, with no new payment schedule established by the reports.

GMDA will examine the request

GMDA's urban environment head, Parveen Kumar, said the authority had received the demand and would examine it, according to reports published on October 27 and 28. That response leaves the proposed increase subject to consideration. It does not give associations a confirmed amount or a date from which a different payment would apply.

The authority's role in green space management is set out in the GMDA Act published on its official website. The 2017 law includes parks and green spaces within urban amenities and treats green spaces, open spaces and urban forestry as part of the urban environment. It also provides for maintaining amenities and properties under the authority's control.

For residents tracking a particular park or green belt, the immediate issue remains whether GMDA follows the request with an approved revision. The accounts reviewed do not provide a new payment order or an implementation timetable.