India, March 12 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is planning to introduce a new sanitation system under which the city will be divided into 5,000 square metre blocks, with one sanitation worker assigned to each block, officials said.

Officials said drone mapping conducted in August 2025, along with geographical information system (GIS) mapping, is being used to carry out block-level mapping of the city. The GIS mapping exercise is expected to be completed by the end of March. According to official data, the total area under the MCG is 298.429 sq km.

According to officials, the total estimated number of blocks to be created has not been finalised yet as the mapping exercise is still underway. They added that the block-based...