India, June 30 -- A large portion of the surface road on the Sohna highway caved in on Monday evening leaving 20 square feet gaping hole, which was barricaded by the highway maintenance company. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials said that this was the fifth time the highway had caved in at the same stretch due to a damaged master sewage line, which is in very poor condition.

The road has been barricaded and signages installed for commuters to avoid the stretch, they added.

An official of the highway project contractor, Oriental Engineering, said that just a few days earlier, GMDA officials had repaired a similar damaged stretch of sewage pipeline near Shishpal Vihar and asked them to repair the road. "The sinkhole is...