India, June 27 -- After months of delays, work has finally begun on the Loni Road underpass project with the public works department (PWD) initiating site preparations following a demolition drive to remove encroachments last week.

PWD officials inspected the project site on June 19 and issued a series of directions related to utility relocation, traffic planning and site development. The Rs.70 crore underpass, aimed at making the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh corridor in northeast Delhi signal-free, was approved by the Delhi government in September 2022 but had seen no progress on the ground owing to large-scale encroachments at the site and utility related hurdles.

HT had earlier reported that the project was stalled due to these bottlenecks. O...