as we welcome the new year we hope the government led by manohar lal khattar will venture out of the crease and play some big shots to chase down these stiff civic security and environmental targets that have long eluded gurugram rest assured if the chase is on there will be no dearth of home support 20 things to keep an eye on this year 1 a govt of unlikely allies in the end bjp fell well short of its vidhan sabha target of 75 seats giving congress which performed far better than expectations a shot at power instead bjp made the move inviting dushyant chautalas jjp to join a coalition so what hopes are there of jjp putting the brakes on the khattar govts more controversial schemes including amending the plpa jjp made aravali protection a poll pitch will dushyant walk the talk 2 freedom from gensets with two new 33kv substations being built by dhbvn in sectors 70 and 59 expected to be operational by march 2020 around 15000 gurugrammers in sectors 58 to 74 will finally be guaranteed 24hour electricity for now highrises in the area are forced to fall back on gensets for their power needs a compulsion that has led to an increase in air pollution 3 gurugramdelhi bus service in a city crying out for public transport gurugram metropolitan city bus limited gmcbl rolled out gurugaman in 2018 this year the city service expanded to a fleet of over 100 buses plying on 12 routes ridership is picking up and in the coming year gmcbl plans to launch more routes and introduce the gurugramdelhi service which would fill a huge void in public transport 4 new city administrators new officers have been put in the cockpit of the agencies that run the city gmda and mcg and a lot of what gets done and what doesnt will depend on them critical issues among them crumbling infrastructure choked roads and safety need immediate attention as do mobility projects like expansion of the metro network 5 the startup ecosystem problems lead to solutions in that regard gurugram should be a petri dish when it comes to finding answers to even the trickiest urban dilemma the citys wealth is its robust startup ecosystem built by women and men who are willing to take a punt on a better quality of life the citys next big story could well come from here 6 smooth border crossing aimed at easing bottlenecks on the delhigurugram expressway the ambience mall underpass and shankar chowk elevated uturn project hit multiple roadblocks dhbvn and hvpnl took their own sweet time in shifting the 66kv electricity transmission lines coming in the way then transfer of land and budging of drainage barrel pipes and the national green tribunals ban on construction further delayed the project both weve been assured will be ready in 2020 7 flyover that just doesnt fly in november 2016 the pwd began work on the underpass and