Mohali MC House meet: Single nodal officer for RWAs seeking to maintain parks
The Mohali municipal corporation (MC) in the House meeting held on Friday also approved a proposal to streamline the management of parks maintained by residents welfare associations (RWAs). The move is expected to encourage more RWAs to voluntarily undertake park maintenance. Mohali presently has 695 parks, of which 198 are already being maintained by RWAs. Under the revised mechanism, a single nodal authority will process applications from RWAs seeking to maintain parks, monitor compliance with MC guidelines and exercise powers to cancel agreements in case of violations. Officials said the move is expected to encourage more RWAs to voluntarily undertake park maintenance. The current maintenance assistance remains ₹4.23 per square metre. Several councillors supported the demand and also sought deployment of caretakers and security staff at public toilets to ensure better upkeep. Encroachments, tree pruning, motor market issues Councillor Parmjeet Singh Kahlon raised multiple civic issues, including the urgent pruning of large roadside trees before the monsoon, shifting of the city’s motor market to a suitable location, appointment of drivers for MC vehicles and augmentation …


