India, Feb. 4 -- Two lanes of the Dwarka Expressway on the Gurugram-to-Delhi side have been closed to traffic near the Bajghera exit after an expansion joint was found damaged, officials said on Monday. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to replace the joint, with repairs expected to be completed within a week, they said, adding that the two lanes of the stretch will be made operational as soon as the repair work is finished.

An NHAI official, aware of the situation, said the steel bars of the expansion joint had been damaged twice despite multiple repairs on Saturday and Sunday. "The expansion joint at this spot has been damaged. We have already procured a new expansion joint, and the damaged portion will be rep...