India, Feb. 16 -- Ghaziabad parliamentarian Atul Garg has urged Union minister of roads and highways Nitin Gadkari to construct an elevated section on the New Bus Adda to Lal Kuan (ending National Highway 9) stretch to address traffic snarls problem on the GT Road stretch.

For two years, a redevelopment plan of about 14.9 kilometres from Gyani Border (Delhi-Ghaziabad border near Dilshad Garden) to Lal Kuan was in the pipeline. But it is yet to materialise. It was to be undertaken by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and involved about Rs.480 crore as funds.

It was initiated on the steps taken by former MP Gen VK Singh (retired).

"The previous plan could not take off, and this is why I met the Union minister on Thursday an...