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Pdewan: /* 2025 -26 */

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‎2025 -26

Pdewan: /* Mall Mile */

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‎Mall Mile

Jyoti: /* Baandhs (groves) */

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‎Baandhs (groves)

Jyoti: /* Name */

2018-09-06T12:56:12Z

‎Name

Jyoti: /* Agriculture */

2018-05-27T22:05:59Z

‎Agriculture

Jyoti: /* Agriculture */

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‎Agriculture

Jyoti: /* Agriculture */

2018-05-27T22:04:57Z

‎Agriculture

Jyoti at 22:02, 27 May 2018

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Pdewan: /* Bandhs */

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‎Bandhs

Jyoti: /* Name */

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 [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=02_06_2025_005_003_cap_TOI ''The Times of India'']
 Gurgaon makes up for around 35-40% of Haryana’s excise revenue
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 Signature Tower, World Mark and Jalsa.
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 ==How residents are transforming it==

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 MCG commissioner V Umashankar said public support is essential for the corporation to succeed in cleaning up the road. “I am not personally aware of such an initiative but we have under GMDA (Gurgaon Metropolitan Development Authority, an agency that will be formed very soon) made a provision for anyone to come and sign an MoU for revamp and beautification of MG Road,“ he said. Police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar said police had been carrying out multiple drives to check traffic and illegal parking problems. “Similar drives are also being carried out for checking the sale of drugs as well,“ he said.
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	Otherwise, the baandh is a quiet place. There is here a preponderance of kikar and the messy `papdi' tree, which has a habit of shedding leaves in every season.But one can also get to see the `kaner' shrub, with its red and yellow flowers, the ficus tree and some palms (and also the odd ashoka).		Otherwise, the baandh is a quiet place. There is here a preponderance of kikar and the messy `papdi' tree, which has a habit of shedding leaves in every season.But one can also get to see the `kaner' shrub, with its red and yellow flowers, the ficus tree and some palms (and also the odd ashoka).
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		+	=Carterpuri=
		+	==1978, 2020==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F02%2F23&entity=Ar00813&sk=5D76884B&mode=text Siddharth Tiwari, February 23, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: 1 Kartar Singh Baghel (80), who was a postmaster during Jimmy Carter’s visit in January 1978, shows a collection of photographs that he has treasured for years.jpg\|1 Kartar Singh Baghel (80), who was a postmaster during Jimmy Carter’s visit in January 1978, shows a collection of photographs that he has treasured for years <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F02%2F23&entity=Ar00815&sk=32268A9E&mode=text February 23, 2020: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	Kartar Singh Baghel doesn’t need the news to know an American president is visiting India. Journalists seeking out village seniors for their account of the day in January 1978 when ‘Carterpuri’ was born usually get directed to him.
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		+	And Singh never disappoints. His memory, at the age of 80, may not be photographic. But he has enough photographs of Jimmy Carter’s visit to help with the reminiscence.
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		+	As India-US relations have become better and better, a sudden surge in interest in Baghel’s house has been like a fiveyear ritual since 2000 when Bill Clinton came to India, followed by George W Bush (2006), Barack Obama (2010 and 2015) and now Donald Trump.
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		+	“Village elders know here. Every time there is interest in Carterpuri, be assured that a US president is visiting India,” Baghel says. Jimmy Carter and the First Lady visited Carterpuri in January 1978 because of a connection — Carter’s mother had served in the village as a nurse of the Red Cross society. The words flow quick and easy from Baghel’s mouth, like a twice told tale.
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		+	The village in Gurgaon’s Palam Vihar, 40km from Delhi and now in the middle of a metropolis, has not, however, transformed like its surroundings. Ringed by Gurgaon’s modern urban sectors, Carterpuri is an island where big real estate and the bandwagon that comes with it hasn’t washed up. Its journey from 1978 has been slow.
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		+	A signboard on a bumpy road divides Sector 23A and Carterpuri. The narrow labyrinth leads to a panchayat room where people have gathered for years to listen to the radio every time a US President has visited India. With a day to go for Donald Trump’s India visit, young residents of Carterpuri couldn’t care less. But it’s people like Baghel, and a few others of his times, who take this as an excuse to travel back 40 years down the line.
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		+	These old-timers lament that little remains of Carterpuri’s sudden fame apart from a few dusty pictures of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter dressed in local attire. The village was then called Daulatpur Naseerabad. “Young people hardly show any interest in listening to our stories. The government, too, has not done anything substantial to preserve the history of this village. At least a statue of President Carter could have been built, leave alone colleges and hospitals,” says Malkan Singh Yadav, the current panchayat pradhan.
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		+	Yadav, then a school-going teenager, recollects the days that led to the birth of Carterpuri. “The high-profile tour, termed homecoming, was marked by a special convoy of government vehicles, policemen in horseback, special intelligence agencies doing security checks a week in advance and almost every villager willing to feed the president local delicacies.”
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		+	Baghel, then the local postmaster who was responsible for all correspondence with the US embassy, digs out an old file. There are laminated photographs, newspaper cutouts and letters written by Carter himself, thanking villagers for the “warmth” shown to him. “It was nothing short of a weeklong festival. The pre-visit discussions, euphoria surrounding the visit, and the sweet remembrance of days lingered on for weeks. People started following every news item on Carterpuri as we got ready to welcome him. He was a man of grace and politeness. His wife was equally warm and mingled freely with the villagers,” he says.
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		+	After Carter’s 1978 visit, the fanfare and euphoria stayed on for a year at least. The villagers celebrated a first anniversary of the visit and even invited the US ambassador. But things faded after that.
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	Soon after issuing the notification, the authorities also sent a copy of the document to Gurgaon deputy commissioner TL Satyaprakash, The deputy commissioner has been also asked to take immediate steps to change the name in official records.		Soon after issuing the notification, the authorities also sent a copy of the document to Gurgaon deputy commissioner TL Satyaprakash, The deputy commissioner has been also asked to take immediate steps to change the name in official records.
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		+	= Nightclubs=
		+	==2018: 66% are in ‘sex trade’==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F07%2F30&entity=Ar00308&sk=AA392D3F&mode=text Bagish Jha, 10 of 15 nightclubs on Ggn’s Mall Mile face closure for ‘sex trade’, July 30, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	MG Road’s Mall Mile, the first major nightlife hotspot to come up in Delhi-NCR, is in big trouble. In a massive crackdown following reports of “illegal activities”, Gurgaon police has withdrawn the no-objection certificates (NOCs) it had issued to 10 of the 15 nightclubs in the area.
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		+	Police have also recommended to the excise department that the licences of these clubs be cancelled. Fearing closure, the owners and employees of these clubs on Sunday protested on MG Road, alleging that police were biased against clubs on this stretch.
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		+	The clubs that have had their NOCs revoked are Prisom, Ipsa, Odysee, Sydey and Ignite in Sahara Mall; King and Ion in JMD Regent Arcade Mall; and Empire, Queen and Phantom in MGF Metropolitan Mall.
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		+	The action follows police raids earlier in the month on several clubs on Mall Mile. On July 4, cops had arrested seven people, including two nightclub owners from two malls — Sahara and MGF — for their alleged involvement in sex trade, after a midnight raid on Phantom and Ignite. On July 19, another nightclub, Ion in JMD Regent Arcade, was raided and four people arrested, including two of the club’s dancers, again on charges of sex trade.
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		+	''' Ggn club owners protest against police action '''
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		+	In a letter to the excise department recommending cancellation of licences, police wrote: “Residents of adjoining societies and public in general have raised objections against the clubs functioning in Sahara, JMD Regent Arcade and MGF Metropolitan malls on MG Road, for their regular involvement in illegal activities. Three criminal cases have also been registered against three clubs for their involvement in prostitution. Keeping in view public interest, NOCs issued by police have been withdrawn with immediate effect, and cancellation of licences of these clubs is recommended.”
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		+	Club owners and employees hit the streets protesting the police action. They claimed they were being harassed even after paying hefty taxes and fees. “The NOC was withdrawn just three months after both our licence and NOC were renewed. What has changed in the last three months?” asked a club owner.
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		+	Club owners alleged that cops come to their clubs frequently to make recordings, which was affecting their business. “Every club has several CCTV cameras. They can take as many recordings as they want from these. But police make their own recordings to intimidate patrons,” said Vijay Pal, owner of Ignite and president of MG Road Club Association.
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		+	Pal denied any immoral activities at MG Road malls, and claimed that prostitution was going on at various guesthouses and societies, where girls can be seen soliciting at different parts of the city to lure customers. “But cops only target MG Road clubs,” said Pal. He added that the closure of the clubs would leave around 700 people jobless.
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		+	Gurgaon police commissioner K K Rao said there were 250-300 clubs in the city, but only MG Road residents had been complaining about sex trade, while people in others parts of the city had no issues with clubs in their neighbourhoods.
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		+	Police, he said, were withdrawing the NOCs they had given in the best interest of the public. “We’ve already written to the excise department for cancellation of licences of these clubs,” said Rao, adding that cancellation of the licences, issued on the basis of NOCs, was now a “forgone conclusion”.
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		+	Rao also said police were looking into legal ways of sealing the premises of these clubs, and were taking the opinion of officials. “We can also seal the premises. We’re studying ways to do it,” he said.
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		+	Deputy excise and taxation commissioner (east) Snehlata Yadav confirmed that she had received the request for cancellation of licences from police. “We’ve sent it to our headquarters in Panchkula for further action,” said Yadav.

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 =Agriculture=
 ==2000- 17: agricultural cover, forest land decline==
-[https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GTI410HVL.1&imageview=0  Agricultural cover declines in Gurugram, May 20, 2018: ''The Hindu’']
+[https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GTI410HVL.1&imageview=0  Agricultural cover declines in Gurugram, May 20, 2018: ''The Hindu'']
-[[File: Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17).jpg|Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17)<br/>From: [https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GTI410HVL.1&imageview=0  Agricultural cover declines in Gurugram, May 20, 2018: ''The Hindu’']|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17).jpg|Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17)<br/>From: [https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GTI410HVL.1&imageview=0  Agricultural cover declines in Gurugram, May 20, 2018: ''The Hindu'']|frame|500px]]
 Thanks to rapid urbanisation, Gurugram district has witnessed a decrease of 9.9% and 29.9 % in the total agricultural cover and forest land respectively, says a recent study by an agri-insurance company on land use cover over a period of 17 years.

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 [https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GTI410HVL.1&imageview=0  Agricultural cover declines in Gurugram, May 20, 2018: ''The Hindu’']
-[[File: Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17).jpg|Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17) <br/> From: [https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GTI410HVL.1&imageview=0  Agricultural cover declines in Gurugram, May 20, 2018: ''The Hindu’'] |frame|500px]]
+[[File: Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17).jpg|Land use-cover statistics of Gurugram district (2000-17) <br/> From: [https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GTI410HVL.1&imageview=0  Agricultural cover declines in Gurugram, May 20, 2018: ''The Hindu’']|frame|500px]]
 Thanks to rapid urbanisation, Gurugram district has witnessed a decrease of 9.9% and 29.9 % in the total agricultural cover and forest land respectively, says a recent study by an agri-insurance company on land use cover over a period of 17 years.
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 Environment analyst Chetan Agarwal said, “The decline of 29.9 % in 17 years is a massive loss of forest cover in the district. In the same period, the population of Gurugram has more than doubled. So per capita forest cover is falling even more dramatically. All current patches must be declared as official forests. Areas where forest cover has been lost should be examined acre by acre, and if land conversion is illegal, then the forest should be restored. Special focus should be on areas important to maintain connectivity of forests for wildlife movement.”
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-==Jharsabandh==
+==Jharsabaandh==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=In-Gurgaons-concrete-jungle-an-oasis-reared-by-26102015008072 ''The Times of India''], Oct 26 2015
 Sharad Kohli
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 The Jharsabaandh, which occupies an expanse of around 5km in the middle of town, is one of around 15 baandhs in the city, many of them calling out for urgent restoration.This is a protected forest, with Sector 15 (Part I) on one side and Civil Lines and Officers Colony on the other. Earlier, HUDA was in charge of the baandh's upkeep. From March 2015, the MCG took over. In association with the city agencies, residents here have been looking after the baandh for many years -for example, by getting a sprinkler system installed to ensure a generous cover of grass.
 The baandh was all jungle back in 2000.“People were scared of buying a plot here.“ Now, a lit footpath allows walkers fresh air and exercise in the mornings and evenings.But pigs and monkeys are a menace, as are litterbugs and encroachers.
 Otherwise, the baandh is a quiet place. There is here a preponderance of kikar and the messy `papdi' tree, which has a habit of shedding leaves in every season.But one can also get to see the `kaner' shrub, with its red and yellow flowers, the ficus tree and some palms (and also the odd ashoka).