News: Drone survey to scan illegal construction in Gurugram, flaws in infra on now-13-04-2023
As residents welfare associations (RWAs) have been raising a demand for infrastructure upgrade and curbs on unauthorised construction in licenced colonies, the department of town and country
DRIISHYA, is aimed at gathering information on infrastructure deficiencies, unauthorised construction, and status of amenities for future redevelopment plans. The drone survey will also record stilt plus four floor buildings in these sectors to keep a check on any violation of norms.
While infrastructure needs to be upgraded in sectors 1 to 57, the remaining sectors have issues related to the 24-metre-road and encroachment on public spaces and government land.
Nine sectors have already been covered under the project and the survey is likely to be completed within a month.
The data collected through this technique method in sync with Google location will be a much refined version of existing data, officials said.
A senior official of DTCP said the survey has already covered sectors 15A, 15B, 23, 23A, 27, 37D, 45, 46 and 65.
“In case there is a redevelopment plan prepared in future, the data collected through this survey will be extremely helpful. The department will also be able to keep a watch on land earmarked for the 24-meterroad which has not been constructed till date. At a few places there is litigation, while others have been encroached upon,” an official said.
Sources said there is a unified plan required for overall development of the city but encroachment is the biggest hurdle before the authorities. The sector dividing roads and green belts have been encroached upon by illegal nurseries, unauthorised structures among others.
With the permission to construct stilt plus four floors, the infrastructure in sectors has been overburdened.
The survey will ascertain the exact status of roads, sewerage, drainage, parks and other amenities. As per rough estimate, there are around 20,000 floors constructed on 5,000 plots in residential licenced colonies. District town planner Rajesh Kaushik said several sectors of the city are being mapped through drone surveys and a detailed report will be prepared based on which action plan will be prepared.
