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The Green Drain, Nala Garden Stretch At Sahakar NagarBy akansha, Section Development  From Asiad village to rapid extension of metro tracks, Delhi braces itself for Commonwealth Games 2010. And, in a bid to ornate the city to welcome the international event, one of the suggested measures that garners attention is the implementation of the concept nala garden. While the concept grabs the limelight, Pune the city that implemented it some 15 years back has become a silent spectator. Completely deserted, the nala gardens here are gradually fading into oblivion. It was environmentalist (Retd) Lt Col Suresh Patil who pioneered the nala garden concept in the city in 1994. He had spent Rs 33,000 from his pension money to kick-start the project. Today, the overgrown and badly kept Salunke Vihar nala, Patil's brainchild, is dying. "After taking care of the nala garden for a year, I had to hand it over to the PMC. The civic body did take good care of the garden for a year or so but later it withdrew funds as for them the cost to maintain the garden was high. If you walk by the garden, what meets your eyes is a dirty, unkempt stretch. The watchman is missing. The grass is overgrown and litter is all over the place," he says. Source: The Indian Express The green drain Click On "Full Story" For More...
The implementation of the PMC hawkers' policy began soon after it was approved in February 2008 after a heated debate among corporators. As per the policy, the civic body could use Rs 27 crore from the union government for rehabilitation projects in which stalls, 5 feet X 6 feet, could be provided to hawkers. The civic body had also planned a `no-hawkers' zone on 45 roads in the city.
There is not much difference in the civic body policy and the state government-framed rules as 90 per cent of the issues are same. "But in certain areas there are differences between the civic body policy and the government rules. Therefore, the process of proposing certain amendments to the hawkers' policy has been started," Ashtikar said. The state government regulations include setting up of a rehabilitation committee. Also, it has characterised hawkers into roadside and mobile vendors. The civic body considers only one category, that of roadside vendors. The state government has also defined two categories, permanent and temporary, for `no-hawkers' zone. "We will table the byelaws before the legal committee before getting clearance from the general body. Thereafter, suggestions and objections would be sought from citizens and sent to the state government for approval," Ashtikar said. "The process of rehabilitation would be started only after the bylaws are approved," he said, adding that the issuing of identity cards to hawkers has also been sought now and will be started later. There are around 10,200 hawkers registered with the civic body, but the number is likely to increase, Ashtikar said. The construction of buildings for hawkers is going on at Baner, Kharadi, Wadgaonsheri, Vadgaon Budruk and Parvati where 1,127 hawkers can be rehabilitated. "The search for new sites for the rehabilitation of hawkers is on and so far around 50 sites have been visited for the purpose, but none of them has been finalised," he added.
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