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Kartik Kumar

Kartik Kumar is a correspondent with the Hindustan Times and has covered beats such as crime, transport, health and consumer courts. Kartik currently covers municipal corporation, Delhi Metro and Rapid Metro.

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Gurgaon: MCG starts work early to prevent waterlogging during monsoon

The de-silting work was carried out in Sector 40 and stretches of Old Delhi-Gurgaon road on Wednesday. MCG officials were seen at the site clearing drains manually and using sewer suction machines to unclog drains.

MCG Commissioner V Umashankar inspecting de-silting work in Sector 40.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2017 11:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Fear of vehicles being damaged keeps cab drivers within city limits

With immediate cab availability still an issue and plying of vehicles towards New Delhi hindered, regular cab users have moved to alternative modes of transport.

With the strike continuing for the seventh day, most Ola cabs have been parked outside the Ola office in Gurgaon.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2017 10:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

100 days since cash ban, queues prevail, money supply remains low

The supply is significantly low as cash from these treasure chests is first distributed among other districts of Haryana, and whatever remains trickles into Gurgaon.

SIgnboard outside the Bharatiya Mahila bank ATM in Sector 31, Gurgaon, on Thursday.(Parveen Kumar/ HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2017 10:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Six days into strike, cabbies vexed over forgone income

As services of app-based cab aggregators Ola and Uber were crawling back to normalcy in Gurgaon on Wednesday, drivers who had been involuntarily coerced into the strike were anxious about their financial stability after losing out a week’s earnings.

Cab drivers outside Uber office at Sector 29.(Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 15, 2017 11:00 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

100 days since note ban: ATMs in city still run dry

RC Nayak, the lead district manager of Gurgaon, though maintains that the cash crunch situation has improved significantly since November 2016.

Despite claims to the contrary by bank officials, most ATMs in the city are still running dry and finding a machine with money would depend solely on ‘luck’.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2017 12:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Cab services improve in Gurgaon after Delhi HC order

A day after the Delhi High Court issued notices to striking cab drivers employed by app-based aggregators, Ola and Uber services improved on Tuesday as people could avail of taxis for trips within Gurgaon.

Cab drivers play cards during the sixth day of strike. The availability of cabs, however, was better on Tuesday.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2017 07:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon auto drivers earn windfall from cabbies’ strike

Many auto drivers boosted their daily earnings on Monday as commuters were forced to spend more than double the prescribed fare.

With cabs off the roads, dependence on autorickshaws has increased. Commuters said auto drivers are charging more than double for trips.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 13, 2017 09:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Metro trains packed, cab strike to continue on Tuesday

Metro trains were packed on Monday as office-goers, students and other commuters tried to occupy every inch of Gurgaon’s only reliable public transport option with app-based cabs staying off roads for the fourth consecutive day.

Bouncers outside the Ola office in Gurgaon on Monday.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 13, 2017 10:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

More private cab drivers to join strike on Monday: Union

Monday might be tough for commuters in Gurgaon as the protesting union, Sarvodaya Driver Association, said all cab services will stop their operations and join the protest on Monday.

The union has been on strike demanding revision of rates, life insurance for drivers and non-preference for taxis owned by the cab aggregators.(HT FIle)

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Updated on Feb 12, 2017 10:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

MCG mulls new scheme for commercial property tax collection

As industries continue to be reluctant in paying property tax to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), the civic body is drafting a new scheme to encourage industrialists clear their dues.

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Published on Feb 12, 2017 09:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Passengers forced out of Ola, Uber-owned cabs by protesting drivers in Gurgaon

A union of drivers staged a protest outside the companies’ offices at Udyog Vihar Phase III and Sector 29 on Friday. Around 11 am, cabs owned by the firms were stopped by protesters across the city. Passengers on board were forced to get out and struggled to find alternate modes of transport.

A union of drivers staged a protest outside the Ola and Uber offices at Udyog Vihar Phase III and Sector 29 in Gurgaon on Feb 10.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 10, 2017 11:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurgaon | ByKartik Kumar

Rapid Metro Phase II on course,nears launch

Phase II of the Rapid Metro line will cover routes on the Golf Course and Golf Course Extension Road, which apart from upscale residential colonies, also has numerous corporate offices

A Rapid Metro train passes through Arjun Marg during a trial run on the Phase II line in Gurgaon on Wednesday.(PARVEEN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Feb 08, 2017 11:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: MCG to take action against Gwal Pahari residents from February 16

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will start taking action against Gwal Pahari residents, who received eviction notices, from February 16, civic body officials confirmed.

The MCG has claimed that 464 acres ‘illegally’ encroached upon in Gwal Phari falls under its jurisdiction.(HT File)

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Updated on Feb 08, 2017 11:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Mute opposition led to MCG being divested of land in Gwal Pahari

Documents on Gwal Pahari with HT reveal that no official spoke up in favour of MCG during revenue hearing on Jan 2

Gwal Pahari is situated in the Aravallis in Gurgaon and shares borders with New Delhi and Faridabad.(HT File)

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Published on Feb 06, 2017 10:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Traffic at Iffco chowk could be a nightmare

Since, the construction at Iffco Chowk started in December, the traffic during peak hours on service lanes spilled on to the arterial roads. A gridlock is a daily affair and any impasse due to construction activities disrupts traffic

Amidst the traffic chaos, any construction work is bound to disrupt the flow of traffic at Iffco Chowk.(PARVEEN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Feb 05, 2017 11:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

50 more Gwal Pahari residents get eviction notices

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) sent 50 more eviction notices to Gwal Pahari residents on Sunday in an effort to ‘reclaim’ its 464 acres.

Residents, however, remain undeterred by the notices. They reiterated that they have enough political support and threatened to resort to violence if the MCG carries out any action.(HT File)

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Published on Feb 05, 2017 11:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

BJP MLA writes to Khattar over Gwal Pahari land ownership

The Gwal Pahari land issue has acquired a political dimension a month before the city is likely to go for municipal elections, with Gurgaon MLA and BJP leader Umesh Agarwal writing to chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and urging steps to ensure that residents are not displaced.

The entitlement of the land in question and the mutation has been in a dispute for over three decades.(HT File)

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Published on Feb 05, 2017 11:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Traffic movement hit by construction at Rajiv Chowk-Signature tower crossing

Work on the Rajiv Chowk underpass has to led the setting up barricades and route diversions and the commuter steer through this maze to reach their destinations

Because of the ongoing digging work, the main carriageways have narrowed.(PARVEEN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Feb 04, 2017 11:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gwal Pahari residents unfazed by MCG notices

The Gwal Pahari residents claimed that their lands have been at the centre of disputes over three decades and they have managed to stave off any government or judicial intervention.

The residents claimed they are yet to receive the MCG notices.(PARVEEN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Feb 03, 2017 10:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Qutab Enclave residents petitions HC against MCG wards demarcation

The Qutab Enclave RWA of DLF Phase 1 approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday questioning the legitimacy of the municipal corporation’s wards delimitation order that led to the demarcation process.

The term of the MCG councillors ended in June and election have been delayed because of the wards delimitation process.

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Published on Feb 03, 2017 10:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

CM inaugurates Gurgaon road repair project

Two months before the proposed civic body elections, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated a ₹102 crore-city road repair project in Sector 40 on Tuesday.The CM, in December 2016, had directed the then commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) TL Satyaprakash to repair around 300km of roads in the city and make them motorable by July 15, before the monsoon.

The CM, in December 2016, had directed the then commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) TL Satyaprakash to repair around 300km of roads in the city and make them motorable by July 15, before the monsoon.

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Updated on Jan 31, 2017 11:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Jat protest begins, no violence in Gurgaon

Giving new impetus to their push for reservation and other demands, the Jat community held a peaceful project adjacent to the Atul Kataria Chowk on Sunday. The demonstration from 10 am to 12 pm remained violence-free and there was no disruption of traffic either.

More than 50 members of the community assembled in a tent at a market-area next to Atul Kataria Chowk, and raised anti-government slogans holding placards.(Parveen Kuamr/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 29, 2017 08:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Contractor shortlisted for waste-to-energy plant at Bandhwari

Moving ahead with a proposal to build a waste-to-energy plant at the defunct Bandhwari waste plant, the directorate of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) has given conditional approval to a concessionaire for the project.

The Bandhwari waste treatment plant has been lying defunct since 2013 following a fire. The plant now serves as a landfill, collecting over 1,500 tonnes of waste from Gurgaon and Faridabad.(HT File)

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Updated on Jan 29, 2017 11:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Jats to hold peaceful protest in Gurgaon on Jan 29

As the Jat community prepares for a proposed agitation on January 29, the community leaders in Gurgaon announced that they will hold a peaceful protest at Atul Kataria Chowk.

Major intersection in Gurgaon were blocked during the protest in February.(HT File)

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Updated on Jan 29, 2017 09:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

To smoothen working, MCG officials given preferred positions

Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) commissioner V Umashankar held a two-hour meeting with all executive engineers (XENs) of the civic body on Thursday and directed officials to choose their preferential field of work.

The reshuffling, an MCG official said, has been done to ensure that work is optimised and chances of discrepancies are narrowed.(HT File)

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Updated on Jan 27, 2017 10:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Efforts on to restore power supply in Gurgaon, many areas still in the dark

Power supply in several areas of Gurgaon, which had experienced long power cuts after heavy rains lashed the city on Thursday, were restored by 7 am on Friday.

The DHBVN officials could not begin repair work and restore power till the rain stopped.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 27, 2017 09:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Schemes, sops rain at Republic Day event

March-pasts, cultural events, tableaus, several announcements and individual honours marked the 68th Republic Day celebrations though rain tried to play spoilsport at the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 38, Gurgaon, on Thursday .

The women battalion marches past during the 68th Republic Day parade at Tau Devi Lal Stadium on Thursday.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 26, 2017 11:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Gurgaon: Hawking zones to come up in nine more areas

The MCG will open hawking zones in sector 15 part II, 57, 15, 46, 10 A, 56, 39 and dividing roads of sector 4/7 and 31/32.

The MCG had set up hawking zones in sectors 34 and 3 three months ago.(HT File)

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Published on Jan 26, 2017 11:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Uniform must for Gurgaon transport dept officials to check vehicles

Haryana transport department has made it mandatory for all its officials to wear prescribed uniforms. It has also stated that officials cannot check any vehicle if they aren’t wearing a uniform.

Over 50,000 private cabs ply in Gurgaon.(Parveen Kumar/ HT File)

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Published on Jan 26, 2017 11:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

Despite demonetisation, property tax collection may dip

The MCG collected only ₹121 crore in property tax till December 31 against ₹387 crore in 2015.

MCG officials have decided that if defaulters do not pay their taxes despite repeated reminders, then their properties will be attached.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2017 11:02 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurgaon

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Kartik Kumar

Kartik Kumar is a correspondent with the Hindustan Times and has covered beats such as crime, transport, health and consumer courts. Kartik currently covers municipal corporation, Delhi Metro and Rapid Metro.

The de-silting work was carried out in Sector 40 and stretches of Old Delhi-Gurgaon road on Wednesday. MCG officials were seen at the site clearing drains manually and using sewer suction machines to unclog drains.

With immediate cab availability still an issue and plying of vehicles towards New Delhi hindered, regular cab users have moved to alternative modes of transport.

The supply is significantly low as cash from these treasure chests is first distributed among other districts of Haryana, and whatever remains trickles into Gurgaon.

As services of app-based cab aggregators Ola and Uber were crawling back to normalcy in Gurgaon on Wednesday, drivers who had been involuntarily coerced into the strike were anxious about their financial stability after losing out a week’s earnings.

RC Nayak, the lead district manager of Gurgaon, though maintains that the cash crunch situation has improved significantly since November 2016.

A day after the Delhi High Court issued notices to striking cab drivers employed by app-based aggregators, Ola and Uber services improved on Tuesday as people could avail of taxis for trips within Gurgaon.

Many auto drivers boosted their daily earnings on Monday as commuters were forced to spend more than double the prescribed fare.

Metro trains were packed on Monday as office-goers, students and other commuters tried to occupy every inch of Gurgaon’s only reliable public transport option with app-based cabs staying off roads for the fourth consecutive day.

Monday might be tough for commuters in Gurgaon as the protesting union, Sarvodaya Driver Association, said all cab services will stop their operations and join the protest on Monday.

As industries continue to be reluctant in paying property tax to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), the civic body is drafting a new scheme to encourage industrialists clear their dues.

A union of drivers staged a protest outside the companies’ offices at Udyog Vihar Phase III and Sector 29 on Friday. Around 11 am, cabs owned by the firms were stopped by protesters across the city. Passengers on board were forced to get out and struggled to find alternate modes of transport.

Phase II of the Rapid Metro line will cover routes on the Golf Course and Golf Course Extension Road, which apart from upscale residential colonies, also has numerous corporate offices

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will start taking action against Gwal Pahari residents, who received eviction notices, from February 16, civic body officials confirmed.

Documents on Gwal Pahari with HT reveal that no official spoke up in favour of MCG during revenue hearing on Jan 2

Since, the construction at Iffco Chowk started in December, the traffic during peak hours on service lanes spilled on to the arterial roads. A gridlock is a daily affair and any impasse due to construction activities disrupts traffic

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) sent 50 more eviction notices to Gwal Pahari residents on Sunday in an effort to ‘reclaim’ its 464 acres.

The Gwal Pahari land issue has acquired a political dimension a month before the city is likely to go for municipal elections, with Gurgaon MLA and BJP leader Umesh Agarwal writing to chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and urging steps to ensure that residents are not displaced.

Work on the Rajiv Chowk underpass has to led the setting up barricades and route diversions and the commuter steer through this maze to reach their destinations

The Gwal Pahari residents claimed that their lands have been at the centre of disputes over three decades and they have managed to stave off any government or judicial intervention.

The Qutab Enclave RWA of DLF Phase 1 approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday questioning the legitimacy of the municipal corporation’s wards delimitation order that led to the demarcation process.

Giving new impetus to their push for reservation and other demands, the Jat community held a peaceful project adjacent to the Atul Kataria Chowk on Sunday. The demonstration from 10 am to 12 pm remained violence-free and there was no disruption of traffic either.

Moving ahead with a proposal to build a waste-to-energy plant at the defunct Bandhwari waste plant, the directorate of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) has given conditional approval to a concessionaire for the project.

As the Jat community prepares for a proposed agitation on January 29, the community leaders in Gurgaon announced that they will hold a peaceful protest at Atul Kataria Chowk.

Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) commissioner V Umashankar held a two-hour meeting with all executive engineers (XENs) of the civic body on Thursday and directed officials to choose their preferential field of work.

Power supply in several areas of Gurgaon, which had experienced long power cuts after heavy rains lashed the city on Thursday, were restored by 7 am on Friday.

March-pasts, cultural events, tableaus, several announcements and individual honours marked the 68th Republic Day celebrations though rain tried to play spoilsport at the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Sector 38, Gurgaon, on Thursday .

The MCG will open hawking zones in sector 15 part II, 57, 15, 46, 10 A, 56, 39 and dividing roads of sector 4/7 and 31/32.

Haryana transport department has made it mandatory for all its officials to wear prescribed uniforms. It has also stated that officials cannot check any vehicle if they aren’t wearing a uniform.

The MCG collected only ₹121 crore in property tax till December 31 against ₹387 crore in 2015.

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