At Narsinghpur, NHAI plans elevated corridor
Gurugram, Jan. 29 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed the construction of a three-kilometre elevated corridor along Narsinghpur on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, for which a Detailed Project Report (DPR) will be prepared soon, officials said on Wednesday.
The proposal was discussed during a meeting between NHAI chairman Santosh Kumar and Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) chief executive officer PC Meena at the NHAI headquarters in Delhi. GMDA officials said issues related to road infrastructure, connectivity, congestion mitigation and public safety were deliberated during the meeting.
"The objective of constructing the elevated corridor is to permanently resolve the issue of traffic congestion and jams caused by recurring waterlogging on this stretch every year," an NHAI spokesperson said, adding directions were issued by the NHAI chairman to initiate preparation of the DPR.
The Narsinghpur corridor on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway between Hero Honda Chowk and Kherki Daula is a major traffic bottleneck, as it gets severely waterlogged during the monsoon due to overflow from the Badshahpur drain. GMDA constructed a temporary drain last year to divert water and is now planning to make the diversion permanent.
PC Meena informed the NHAI chairman that GMDA is constructing a stormwater drain up to Badshahpur to address the long-standing waterlogging issue along the service lanes of Narsinghpur.
The GMDA spokesperson said NHAI will also construct a culvert on NH-48....
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