India, Dec. 13 -- The Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) has initiated a process to acquire 276 acres of land in six villages in Gurugram to construct a road to connect Gurugram-Faridabad road with Sohna road, said officials on Friday. A senior government official said that land for construction of Greater SPR road connecting Sohna road with NH48 in Manesar will also be acquired soon.

According to HSVP officials, these roads are expected to reduce the congestion in developing sectors, on Delhi-Jaipur highway and the existing SPR road.

Officials said that a notification under Section 6 of Land Acquisition Act has been issued for acquisition of land and compensation will be paid to the land owners next month.

To be sure, the land a...