Sushant Lok-3 Roads Await Repairs After MCG Takeover

GURUGRAM: More than 300 families in Sushant Lok-3 are waiting for the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram to repair internal roads in F Block, four years after the civic body took over the colony. Residents say some stretches have not been resurfaced since around 2017 and have become difficult to walk or drive on, especially during the monsoon.

MCG assumed control of the colony in 2022, raising expectations that long-pending civic works would move faster. Some road resurfacing was taken up before this year's monsoon, but the work did not cover the entire block. Residents say the contractor stopped after stating that the material allocated for the work had been exhausted.

That explanation has prompted questions about how the estimate was prepared. A road project should begin with measurements of the full length, width and repair depth required. If material runs out before the identified stretches are completed, residents are entitled to know whether the original scope changed, the ground assessment was inaccurate or the sanction covered only part of the work.

The road condition is made worse by weak drainage. Residents say uneven patches collect water and leave pedestrians searching for a stable edge when vehicles pass. Senior citizens, children and people with limited mobility face the greatest difficulty because a broken internal road is not simply a rough drive; it can interrupt safe access to homes.

Fresh estimate prepared, work promised after monsoon

The residents' welfare association says a new estimate has been prepared for the remaining work, but construction has yet to restart. Its representatives have repeatedly approached MCG and were told that the pending stretches would be covered after the tender process.

An MCG official said some roads in the colony were resurfaced before the monsoon and the balance would be taken up once the rainy season ends. That is a clear commitment, but residents still need a published scope and timeline. Without these, a post-monsoon assurance can slip into another cycle of tendering, patchwork and delay.

MCG should also coordinate the road job with drainage repairs. Laying a fresh surface without fixing how rainwater leaves the street risks early damage and repeats the piecemeal approach residents have criticised. The final work order should account for road levels, drain connections and safe pedestrian edges rather than treating each item separately.

For Gurugram's transferred private colonies, the Sushant Lok-3 experience is a reminder that administrative takeover is only the first step. Residents judge that transition by visible services: driveable roads, working drains, streetlights and predictable maintenance. Four years is long enough for the civic body to map the remaining gaps and explain how it will close them.

The immediate priority is to make dangerous patches safe during the rest of the monsoon. The longer-term test will come when the rain recedes: whether MCG moves from a fresh estimate to a completed, properly drained road without leaving F Block waiting through another season.