Mohali, Sept. 29 -- The Greenfield Project, which is to help decongest the Airport Road in Mohali by serving as an alternative route for Delhi traffic heading towards Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, is set to miss the September 30 deadline as well. It had earlier missed the June deadline.

As per officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), which is constructing the highway, some ancillary work, such as road marking etc, is pending due to which, commuters will have to wait till October-end to use the route. The 31-kilometre road, from IT Chowk (PR-7) near Chandigarh International Airport to Kurali-Chandigarh road, is being built on the outskirts of Mohali as part of the Centre's Bharatmala Pariyojana.

A senior NHAI ...