New Delhi, March 5 -- In a first, the Delhi government has planned to handover the maintenance of PWD roads in the city border areas to NHAI, with a 13.23-km stretch of Delhi-Rohtak Road being transferred to the authority as part of its initiative to strengthen road network.

The move will also boost a larger infrastructure development strategy in the national Capital. According to the government, the 13.23 stretch from Peeragarhi Chowk to Tikri Border (Delhi-Haryana border) will soon be handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The stretch between Delhi - Rohtak Road has been described as the "worst road of the city". Rohtak Road is in a dilapidated condition due the rapid unplanned population growth along the stretch...