Remaining portion of MG Road underpass to be ready by May

GURUGRAM : The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will complete construction of the remaining portion of the underpass on Mehrauli-gurgaon Road, where a petrol pump is located at present, by the end of May.

The petrol pump will be relocated within the next 10 days. The owner of the petrol pump, who asked not to be quoted, said that work on dismantling the fuel station will begin from Monday and it would take at least 10 days to remove the structure completely.

“We have no objection to shifting the petrol pump to an alternative site in Sector 42, on Golf Course Road. We will soon vacate our present MG Road site to free up space for construction of the underpass,” the owner of Karan Filling Station on MG Road said.

The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has started the process of transfer of the land in question to the NHAI. The roadways authority has been waiting for the land for more than nine months. The land transfer was stuck as a court had issued stay on the plot in Sector 42. The stay was vacated on April 12 after which the Huda officials demolished a boundary wall constructed on the plot.

The construction of the L-shaped underpass is complete, except for the portion where the petrol pump is situated.

The underpass would be used by commuters heading from Huda City Centre to Sikanderpur and Delhi via MG Road. It would save commuters’ the time that it takes them to cross the surface zigzag traffic of Iffco Chowk.

Rajiv Lamba, a resident of Sector 50, said, “The underpass will put an end to the traffic mess om Iffco Chowk.”