Save the Hayatabad parks from further deterioration

A public service litigation/ matter
For the suo moto action by the authorities

Following is submitted for the kind and earliest attention of the authorities at the helm of affairs:

1. That an application addressed to DG, CD&MD is being circulated in Sector D-2 of Phase-1, Hayatabad for the signatures of the residents of the area.

2. That the contents of the said application are as under:(i) the park in sector D-2 is being misused by children for cricket and other games and they throw balls etc at the houses of the residents;(ii) thus request the addressee for changing the present use of the park in Sector D-2 to “some other suitable use” at the discretion of the DG.

3. That this application is circulated for taking signatures by a boy who is the nephew of the tube-well operator of the tube-well constructed at one corner of this park.

4. That initiation of this application by the employee of the CD&MD and not by the bonafide residents smells fishy and it transpires that it has been done by or at the behest of the authorities and the vested interests to convert the park into a use other than the one designated in the Master Plan.

5. That the authorities seems to put the gun at the shoulders of the residents by getting their signatures for changing the original status of this park to a “suitable” use and that too at the discretion of the authorities.

6. That in the Master Plan it was designated as park and it remained so as a lush green park till recently duly maintained by CD&MD through posting of two malis but these vanished in thin air and resultantly the park turned into a desert.

7. That the authorities then started allowing it to be used for social functions like marriages etc, thereby subjecting the residents, inter alia, to the following severe physical and mental torture:

(i) polluting and contaminating of the environs by burning fire for cooking those meals, leaving the debris and garbage on site;

(ii) parking of a fleet of vehicles of the hosts and “guests” in the street disturbing the residents; and

(iii) above all the deafening loud live/ recorded music for days and whole nights coupled with the admiring slogans and noise of the participants/ spectators depriving the residents of their sleep and rest.

8. That the residents individually and collectively approached the authorities from time to time for the correction of the situation but to no avail.

It is, therefore, requested to take your personal interest in reviving the original status of the park by re-posting the malis/ chowkidars at the earliest, relieving the residents of the nuisance.

Dated: 04/4/2007