the small green patch sorrounding the jhansi ki rani statue bang in the middle of the busy satellite road where the family unwinds in the midst of vehicles roaring from all directionsits not that sunita is unconcerned about the poisonous vehicular emissions that her kids inhale while playing in that small green area the list could just go on the authorities may have developed wellintended enclosures for small parks along the newly widened satellite road complete with the wroughtiron grille but the grass and trees are missing one step in the right direction was handing over gardens parks to the corporates for maintenance of which the lush law garden and parimal garden in paldi are successful examples the truth is that the condition of parks and gardens in the city is not very good but not that bad either but she has little choice take the sardar baug in laldarwaja area that was developed to provide a cool respite to bus commuters and visitors years back bholabhai confesses to laze around under one of the trees in the garden for a few minutes and unwind but not anymore off and on the amc has been inundated with complaints of antisocial elements taking over these parks contrarily such publicprivate initiatives to develop green spaces in the auda areas are being supported the administration views them as white elephants and hence a nuisance to maintain but i accept that the city needs more trees guess what is the favourite retreat for sunita agarwal and her two sons residing in satellite area to have a small picnic and play ball we live in a flat and the kids insist on playing in an open area dave points out that despite the good rains there was hardly any tree plantation in the city gardens which indicates the height of apathy not that it is in any state to provide a cool respite to commuters even if people do it for religious reasons the initiative is welcome but i want to underline one thing that people too will have to take lead in maintaining the gardens apathetic maintenance has rendered many gardens into breeding grounds for illegal activities like gambling drinking and even trafficking of sortsmajority parks and gardens in the city have dried up completely where are the parks and gardens here but seriously this city desperately needs some parks gardens and more green spaces says agarwal one can also spot a number of youngsters gambling away unchecked by any security guard the day people start using public places as their own the problem will resolve on its own she added compared to the areas in the jurisdiction of the ahmedabad urban development authority auda those under ahmedabad municipal corporation amc might appear a breather with 400odd parks and gardens developed in each zone of the city but that was the end of the pact instead of green plants most have wild dry bushes one thing about us is that we have never considered