Sushant Lok Extension Residents Petition Haryana Government For Security Barriers
The Sushant Lok Extension Residents’ Welfare Association (SLERWA), representing 70,000 residents in Sushant Lok-II and III across Sectors 56 and 57 in Gurugram, has petitioned the Haryana state government to resolve a policy deadlock and allow the installation of manned security boom barriers following a rise in local thefts.
The demand was triggered by security incidents earlier this year, including the theft of a car belonging to local resident Amit and a house robbery where lakhs of rupees were stolen from the home of an unnamed public health doctor. Residents stated that the lack of regulated access has left the colony vulnerable to crime.
The dispute centres on a 2014 state policy governing security gates in licensed colonies. Under these guidelines, security gates can only be installed at colony boundaries or where a 24-metre-wide internal sector road meets internal roads. Gates are prohibited on 24-metre roads to ensure uninterrupted traffic.
However, SLERWA President Pawan Yadav pointed out that Sushant Lok-II and III do not have a single 24-metre-wide internal road. Instead, the colony’s principal circulation network relies on 18-metre-wide internal roads. Because of this layout difference, local administrative committees feel legally constrained to process applications for the colony.
The colony was developed by Ansal Buildwell Ltd in the early 2000s, and the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) took over its maintenance in June 2022. Residents alleged that the private security system previously in place gradually ceased after the MCG handover, leaving internal roads without regulated access.
To secure the area, the residents' association has submitted detailed blueprints identifying 34 junction points in Blocks A through H, and 11 points in Blocks B and C, where internal lanes meet wider roads. Residents have assured the government that they will bear the entire cost of constructing the barriers, guard rooms, and deploying trained security personnel 24x7.
Haryana Director of Town and Country Planning Amit Khatri stated that the policy makes it the prerogative of the local administration to allow security gates on roads less than 24 metres. He noted that such relaxations are given when residents point to law and order issues, after vetting by the Deputy Commissioner.
Senior Town Planner Renuka Singh confirmed she had marked the representation to the Deputy Commissioner, noting that the policy does not allow such installations unless permission is granted by a Deputy Commissioner-led committee.
