Chandigarh, Feb. 18 -- A panel set up by the high court to examine road width in some localities of Gurugram, where stilt-plus-four floors (S+4) construction permissions are being granted by the state government, has found that motorable road width in these areas ranged between 4-5 metres.

The panel was set up by the high court on January 29, faced with contradictory stands taken by different counsels over actual road width in these residential areas.

While petitioners opposing S+4 policy had submitted that the actual width of 10 metre of roads in permitted areas does not exist and had pointed out that due to walking areas, encroachments etc. it is only of 4.5-6 metres. On the other hand, the state's counsel had submitted that permissio...