Gurugram traffic woes to stay for 3 more years
Heavy rain last week clogged Gurugram's roads and provoked a deluge of jokes on social media. Now it appears the gridlocks and gags are here to stay, for at least three more years.
- Aug 1, 2016,
- Updated Aug 1, 2016 12:00 PM IST
Heavy rain last week clogged Gurugram's roads and provoked a deluge of jokes on social media. Now it appears the gridlocks and gags are here to stay, for at least three more years.
That's how long the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will take to complete the much-awaited 18km Dwarka Expressway, or Northern Peripheral Road (NPR), connecting Kherki Daula area in the Millennium City to Dwarka in Delhi, which is expected to considerably ease traffic congestion in the region.
"We have written letters to the Delhi government to acquire 4.5 acres of land needed to complete the project, but it has not done this so far," said Ashok Kumar Sharma, project director of NHAI.
"If the Delhi government acts according to our expectations, we would presume completing this project in the next three years."
Due to unavailability of an alternate route connecting Delhi to the fast-growing industrial town of Manesar, NH 8 is the only option for around three lakh commuters travelling daily between these two areas. The six-lane NPR is expected to halve the traffic on the highway.
The completion of the Dwarka Expressway will provide signalfree ride to motorists. It will also cross two state highways at Gurugram Pataudi Road and Gurugram Jhajjar Road and so commuters currently using NH 8 to go on these roads will benefit.
As per an initial project report, work has nearly been completed on the 14km of the road falling in Gurugram with the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) promising to clear some unsolved land issues in four months. The remaining 4km in Delhi are not seeing much movement.
The NPR has been a bone of contention between Delhi and Haryana since the project was unveiled in 2007. There was a war of words between Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia following a massive gridlock at Gurugram's Hero Honda Chowk on Thursday and Friday.
Khattar blamed the Arvind Kejriwal government for the monster jam, saying the Delhi administration had delayed the Northern Peripheral Road.
The traffic standstill drew global attention on collapsing civic infrastructures and lack of coordination among different departments in the NCR, with different political parties in power.
Heavy rain last week clogged Gurugram's roads and provoked a deluge of jokes on social media. Now it appears the gridlocks and gags are here to stay, for at least three more years.
That's how long the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will take to complete the much-awaited 18km Dwarka Expressway, or Northern Peripheral Road (NPR), connecting Kherki Daula area in the Millennium City to Dwarka in Delhi, which is expected to considerably ease traffic congestion in the region.
"We have written letters to the Delhi government to acquire 4.5 acres of land needed to complete the project, but it has not done this so far," said Ashok Kumar Sharma, project director of NHAI.
"If the Delhi government acts according to our expectations, we would presume completing this project in the next three years."
Due to unavailability of an alternate route connecting Delhi to the fast-growing industrial town of Manesar, NH 8 is the only option for around three lakh commuters travelling daily between these two areas. The six-lane NPR is expected to halve the traffic on the highway.
The completion of the Dwarka Expressway will provide signalfree ride to motorists. It will also cross two state highways at Gurugram Pataudi Road and Gurugram Jhajjar Road and so commuters currently using NH 8 to go on these roads will benefit.
As per an initial project report, work has nearly been completed on the 14km of the road falling in Gurugram with the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) promising to clear some unsolved land issues in four months. The remaining 4km in Delhi are not seeing much movement.
The NPR has been a bone of contention between Delhi and Haryana since the project was unveiled in 2007. There was a war of words between Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia following a massive gridlock at Gurugram's Hero Honda Chowk on Thursday and Friday.
Khattar blamed the Arvind Kejriwal government for the monster jam, saying the Delhi administration had delayed the Northern Peripheral Road.
The traffic standstill drew global attention on collapsing civic infrastructures and lack of coordination among different departments in the NCR, with different political parties in power.