India, Jan. 13 -- After missing multiple deadlines, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday said the entire Gurugram-Pataudi highway stretch from the Dwarka expressway to Pataudi will be completed and made functional by March this year.

The NHAI has officially missed three deadlines for the project. The highway was first slated to become operational by March 2025, later pushed to September 2025 and then December 2025. Each revision was attributed by the authority to a major change in the project's scope, initial delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and prolonged bottlenecks in shifting utilities.

The 46.1km-long highway project, which was scheduled for completion in 2023, was delayed due to litigation over land, affo...