The Urban Local Bodies (ULB) department has requested a status report on proposals from eight private builders regarding the development of approach roads to residential societies. These roads, located in sectors 63A, 65, 106, 111, and 113, involve the purchase of revenue road land originally designated as paths to agricultural fields in village areas. Following the development of licensed colonies, these roads came under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporations.
One of the proposals involves a private builder seeking to acquire revenue road land measuring 0.559 acres near Emerald Estate in Sector 65 (Maidawas village). Another builder has proposed acquiring 590 sqm of revenue road land in Sector 106. The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) clarified that the builders will have to pay for the land they purchase, as there will be no land exchange. The exchange policy was superseded by another policy allowing land purchase in 2021.
Despite the ULB department’s request for a status report on revenue road land purchase proposals last year, MCG failed to submit the report on time. The department subsequently asked MCG to submit the report in February this year.
In 2017, the ULB department introduced a policy for MCG to exchange land under revenue rastas with private developers in exchange for land of equal value. This decision was made after MCG observed that many revenue roads were not being utilized as they fell within societies. The policy stipulates that if a revenue road is redundant and terminates within a society, developers can request a land exchange. However, if the revenue road connects two different areas while passing through a society, it will remain unchanged.
In 2018, MCG instructed developers to provide a list of redundant revenue rastas within their licensed areas, indicating a continued effort to streamline land use and development in Gurugram.
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