SME Times News Bureau | 21 Jan, 2020
Following the nod from the Union
Transport and Highways Ministry, the National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) has said it will complete construction of Gurugram's
longest flyover on the busy Gurugram-Alwar National Highway 48 in one
year.
NHAI Project Director Ashok Kumar Sharma said that the
construction of the five-km-long flyover is in full swing for the last
two months and NHAI is using maximum manpower to complete it within the
deadline.
The detailed project report of this flyover was
completed during the first term of the Manohar Lal Khattar government
but it was delayed. The Khattar government had earlier wanted the
project to be completed 11 months before 2019 Haryana Assembly election.
"The
stretch between Rajiv Chowk to Badshahpur is highly clogged due to huge
volume of traffic and therefore urgent requirement to construct a
flyover between Subhash Chowk and Badshahpur," Sharma said.
The
official said that the elevated flyover will not only unclog the road
but also cut down travel time by less than half. Currently, the 8 km
stretch takes 30 to 50 minutes due to huge traffic congestion.
The flyover comprises six-lane main carriageway and three-lane service road.
The
tender for the elevated flyover has been allotted to Oriental
Infrastructure Pvt Ltd which will construct it under the supervision of
NHAI.
A senior NHAI official said that another underpass has been
proposed on the elevated road. "There will be two underpasses - one at
Subhash Chowk and another at the T-junction near Vatika Chowk where the
Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) merges with Sohna Road. Besides, there
will be three foot overbridges also designed for pedestrians," the
official said. The construction of all three projects will progress
simultaneously.
The project will also provide alternate
connectivity to the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway from National
Highway-48 near Rajiv Chowk.
