India, June 23 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will repair the stretch from Hero Honda Chowk to Umang Bhardwaj Chowk to ensure that commuters can use the road till the project to make it a six-laned one begins, officials said.

According to the highway authority's proposal, an amount of nearly Rs.77 lakh will be spent on the repair work, which will primarily involve laying another layer of bitumen on the damaged 3 kilometres stretch.

A GMDA official said that the NHAI has sought a no-objection certificate to carry out the repair work.

Currently, this 3km stretch is in bad shape since it is riddled with small and large potholes, and has damaged kerbs at several places. Due to the potholes, daily commuters face a number...