gurgaon if you have an opinion on what the proposed gurgaon development authoritys structure and functions should be you have seven days to make yourself heard the officer on special duty osd for the gda v umashankar has asked citizens to send their views on the new agency within november 30 promising to incorporate the feedback in the final draft of the gda bill that he will submit to the state government by december 10 the suggestions can be sent to feedbackgdauthorityorg over the past few days umashankar has been holding a series of consultations with various stakeholders among those he met extensively were residents of huda sectors as well as private colonies industry associations labour unions town planners real estate developers municipal bodies activists ngos district heads of political parties and market associationstalking to toi umashankar said he has broadly classified the suggestions under nine categories i have received quite a few suggestions that will be incorporated in the draft bill since these suggestions are varied ive started classifying them in different categories the present draft is likely to see some changes before it is presented to the government said the osdthere are seven days left for the public to send their comments and feedback on the bill they can simply email their feedback ive received a few emails from residents so far and i hope the flow will increase in the seven days that remain he saidaccording to officials in the consultation sessions the two major concerns raised by stakeholders were about private developer areas and multiplicity of agencies almost all of them seemed disappointed with the present state of affairs especially with mcg but they did not want another agency as there are already quite a few which translates into passing the buck there is a need to have directional changes and well try to provide a holistic view in the final draft said a district official some suggested that instead of gda the proposed body should be called gurgaon metropolitan planning committee gmpc i feel the gda bill replicates the role and functions of mcg in the consultation session i stressed that energy and resources planned for gda should be used to strengthen mcg and that the proposed body be named gurgaon metropolitan planning committee gmpc as prescribed in the constitution said bhawani shankar tripathy general secretary of the rwa in sector 23a the city does not need another development authority the state has to support local governance and make it work the gdagmpc should coordinate between various agencies and it should strengthen the capacity of existing institutions