Haryana Urban Local Bodies department has directed all its municipal authorities to initiate the development works in colonies notified as Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas.
Once the colonies are notified as Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas, the development works including water supply, sewerage, roads and streetlights would be carried out by respective municipal authorities, said an official spokesperson.
However, while approval of building plan or no objection certificate for registration of plot etc., it may be ensured that the development charges are duly deposited by the applicant, he said.
He added a letter to this effect has been issued to the concerned deputy commissioners, commissioners municipal corporations, executive officers of municipal councils and secretaries municipal committees by the Urban Local Bodies Department.
Notably, Chief Minister Manohar Lal had approved notification of 535 different colonies under the Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Municipal Areas (Special Provisions) Act, 2016 paving the way for provisioning of major essential services in these colonies. Out of these 535 colonies, 254 fall in the Municipal Corporations, 100 colonies in Municipal Councils and 181 in Municipal Committees.
The spokesman said 32 colonies in Gurugram, nine in Faridabad, 23 in Karnal and 29 in Panipat (total 93) have already been declared as Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Municipal Areas. Over 200 more colonies are still under examination and are soon likely to be declared as Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Area in the near future, he added.