GURUGRAM: The New Year promises to bring a gift for Millennium City citizens. Two underpasses on the Delhi-Gurgaon limited-access highway — at Signature Tower and Rajiv Chowk — usually are opened by January 10. Traffic trials are anticipated to begin in the following few days at each. A 3rd underpass at Iffco Chowk, though, is but to triumph over the land hurdle.
All three are being constructed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to decongest the limited-access highway and ensure clean traffic drift from one facet of town to any other. By the time they are completed, the mammoth undertaking can have value the exchequer Rs 1,000 crore, together with Rs 734.45 crore for just the underpasses and any other Rs 300 crore for related works. Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union minister of street shipping and highways Nitin Gadkari had inaugurated the undertaking in September 2016.
The Iffco Chowk flyover and underpass undertaking on my own will value Rs 285.12 crore. It can have a bridge, ramp and underpass. The Signature Tower undertaking will value Rs 215.01 crore, and include of a roundabout against Maharana Pratap Chowk in addition to the underpass. The underpass at Rajeev Chowk will come at a value of Rs 234.32 crore.
Deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh stated though closing date for completion of the undertaking is March 2018, the primary tunnel of the two underpasses at Signature Tower and Rajiv Chowk can be made operational by January 10. "Traffic trials will start in the next few days, and they will become operational by January 10," stated Singh, including that foot-overbridges and lanes for non-motorised shipping are anticipated to be ready by end-January.
He added that impediments related to land acquisition for construction of slip roads along the underpasses had been resolved. "There were some issues regarding the announcement of the compensation award for land acquisition. It has been resolved, so we'll take possession of the land soon," stated Singh, including there have been no legal hurdles within the acquisition.
With the outlet of the Rajiv Chowk underpass, other folks coming from Old Gurgaon will be capable of continue against Sohna street very easily. Similarly, other folks coming near from Sohna street will be capable of succeed in the district courtroom with out being stuck within the congestion at the crossing. Rajiv Chowk was once some of the largest choke-points on the limited-access highway as traffic from both sides merge right here. The Signature Tower underpass will in a similar way make sure that clean traffic drift from Atul Kataria Chowk to Huda City Centre and Gymkhana Club, and vice versa.
The Iffco Chowk underpass is at the back of time table mainly due to land acquisition hurdles. Authorities are but to shift a petrol pump and 220 kV electrical towers within the alignment of the carriageway. "Shifting the petrol pump and the electricity towers may take some time. They have been taken up with respective authorities, and we're expecting to overcome these hurdles by end-January," stated Singh.
Huda estate officer 2 Vivek Kalia stated they have got allotted an alternate plot to the petrol pump owner. "Although Huda has allotted an alternative plot, we're yet to get possession of the petrol pump land," stated Kalia, including they are going to hand it over to NHAI as soon as they get ownership of the land.
All three are being constructed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to decongest the limited-access highway and ensure clean traffic drift from one facet of town to any other. By the time they are completed, the mammoth undertaking can have value the exchequer Rs 1,000 crore, together with Rs 734.45 crore for just the underpasses and any other Rs 300 crore for related works. Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union minister of street shipping and highways Nitin Gadkari had inaugurated the undertaking in September 2016.
The Iffco Chowk flyover and underpass undertaking on my own will value Rs 285.12 crore. It can have a bridge, ramp and underpass. The Signature Tower undertaking will value Rs 215.01 crore, and include of a roundabout against Maharana Pratap Chowk in addition to the underpass. The underpass at Rajeev Chowk will come at a value of Rs 234.32 crore.
Deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh stated though closing date for completion of the undertaking is March 2018, the primary tunnel of the two underpasses at Signature Tower and Rajiv Chowk can be made operational by January 10. "Traffic trials will start in the next few days, and they will become operational by January 10," stated Singh, including that foot-overbridges and lanes for non-motorised shipping are anticipated to be ready by end-January.
He added that impediments related to land acquisition for construction of slip roads along the underpasses had been resolved. "There were some issues regarding the announcement of the compensation award for land acquisition. It has been resolved, so we'll take possession of the land soon," stated Singh, including there have been no legal hurdles within the acquisition.
With the outlet of the Rajiv Chowk underpass, other folks coming from Old Gurgaon will be capable of continue against Sohna street very easily. Similarly, other folks coming near from Sohna street will be capable of succeed in the district courtroom with out being stuck within the congestion at the crossing. Rajiv Chowk was once some of the largest choke-points on the limited-access highway as traffic from both sides merge right here. The Signature Tower underpass will in a similar way make sure that clean traffic drift from Atul Kataria Chowk to Huda City Centre and Gymkhana Club, and vice versa.
The Iffco Chowk underpass is at the back of time table mainly due to land acquisition hurdles. Authorities are but to shift a petrol pump and 220 kV electrical towers within the alignment of the carriageway. "Shifting the petrol pump and the electricity towers may take some time. They have been taken up with respective authorities, and we're expecting to overcome these hurdles by end-January," stated Singh.
Huda estate officer 2 Vivek Kalia stated they have got allotted an alternate plot to the petrol pump owner. "Although Huda has allotted an alternative plot, we're yet to get possession of the petrol pump land," stated Kalia, including they are going to hand it over to NHAI as soon as they get ownership of the land.
Rajiv Chowk and Signature Tower underpasses set to open in January
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