India, Jan. 12 -- Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) will soon begin construction of an underpass at Bakhtawar Chowk near Sector 47 and has sought permission and a no objection certificate from the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), officials said.

The underpass will be executed by GMRL as deposit work for GMDA, which will bear the construction cost of around Rs.80 crore. The underpass, stretching from Millennium City Centre towards Subhash Chowk, will be funded entirely by GMDA. While GMDA had earlier proposed five underpasses along the metro corridor, GMRL has decided to construct only one additional underpass at Krishna Chowk near Palam Vihar, as it falls along the Phase II metro route.

In a letter dated January 7 to...