India, June 18 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) plans to shift nearly 7 kilometres of master water pipeline along the Dwarka Expressway, after discovering that service roads sanctioned for construction lie directly above the steel pipelines, officials said on Tuesday.

The proposed realignment-stretching from Basai railway overbridge (RoB) to Bajghera underpass-may cost GMDA around Rs.30 crore, with the plan likely to be placed before the CEO for approval shortly, a senior GMDA official said.

The master pipeline was initially laid by the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) and later shifted by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as part of GMDA's deposit work three years ago, during construction ...