Mohali, June 27 -- The Mohali municipal corporation (MC) in the House meeting held on Friday also approved a proposal to streamline the management of parks maintained by residents welfare associations (RWAs).

Mohali presently has 695 parks, of which 198 are already being maintained by RWAs. Under the revised mechanism, a single nodal authority will process applications from RWAs seeking to maintain parks, monitor compliance with MC guidelines and exercise powers to cancel agreements in case of violations.

Officials said the move is expected to encourage more RWAs to voluntarily undertake park maintenance. The current maintenance assistance remains Rs.4.23 per square metre.

Several councillors supported the demand and also sought deploy...