Haryana Public Works Department Minister Rao Narbir Singh on Wednesday inaugurated the construction of the five kilometre-long elevated road from Netaji Subhash Chowk to Badshahpur village on Gurugram-Alwar Highway, locally known as Sohna Road.
The ₹1,897-crore project to ease traffic flow from Netaji Subhash Chowk to Sohna will be carried out in two phases. In the first phase, the five km-long elevated road on single pillars will be constructed from Netaji Subash Chowk to Badshahpur village and further four-km road will be widened to six lanes at the cost of ₹707 crore in around one-and-a-half years.
In the second phase, the remaining stretch from Netaji Subhash Chowk to Sohna on National Highway 248-A will be widened to six lanes and underpasses and flyovers will be constructed in view of the villages on both sides of the road.
Mr. Singh said the project would address the problem of perennial traffic jam on the stretch, especially at Badshahpur village. With several housing societies and commercial establishments on both sides of the road, traffic snarls are a routine affair on this stretch.
Mr. Singh said Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway would also be opened to public by November 1. It will help reduce traffic and pollution in the Millennium City, the Minister said.