GURUGRAM: GMDA will convert the four-lane Shankar Road into six lanes. The road, which connects NH-Eight with Old Delhi Gurugram Road at Dundahera, has noticed an increase in vehicular visitors over the years.
According to officials, the feasibility to convert the road into six lanes has been ascertained but it will take just about a year to do the work. “Shankar Road is likely one of the choke points in the city and the visitors load here is growing, on a daily basis. So, we now have decided to widen this road the entire manner from Shankar Chowk until its end at Dundahera. While we now have came upon that the challenge is feasible, it will take just about a year to complete this work. There is enough room on all sides of the road to widen it,” said V Umashankar, CEO, GMDA.
Last year, GMDA installed jersey obstacles at the two-kilometre Shankar Road to streamline the ever-increasing visitors. However, the obstacles have long gone missing at a number of places and those which can be nonetheless there stand in a hapha-zard manner, growing chance of injuries.
The need to widen the road is also felt as the brand new DLF Cyber Park development at Shankar Chowk shall be operational soon, growing the visitors waft on this road. Two distinguished inns also are on this road, excluding a handful of MNCs.
Commuters whinge of having caught at the stretch, on a daily basis. “Not only has the visitors volume grown exponentially, there's a liquor vend on this road and cars are frequently parked out of doors it, resulting in congestion. No visitors cop is deployed here and there's a massive tree in the midst of the road,” said Kamal Sharma, who works in an IT company in the house.
According to officials, the feasibility to convert the road into six lanes has been ascertained but it will take just about a year to do the work. “Shankar Road is likely one of the choke points in the city and the visitors load here is growing, on a daily basis. So, we now have decided to widen this road the entire manner from Shankar Chowk until its end at Dundahera. While we now have came upon that the challenge is feasible, it will take just about a year to complete this work. There is enough room on all sides of the road to widen it,” said V Umashankar, CEO, GMDA.
Last year, GMDA installed jersey obstacles at the two-kilometre Shankar Road to streamline the ever-increasing visitors. However, the obstacles have long gone missing at a number of places and those which can be nonetheless there stand in a hapha-zard manner, growing chance of injuries.
The need to widen the road is also felt as the brand new DLF Cyber Park development at Shankar Chowk shall be operational soon, growing the visitors waft on this road. Two distinguished inns also are on this road, excluding a handful of MNCs.
Commuters whinge of having caught at the stretch, on a daily basis. “Not only has the visitors volume grown exponentially, there's a liquor vend on this road and cars are frequently parked out of doors it, resulting in congestion. No visitors cop is deployed here and there's a massive tree in the midst of the road,” said Kamal Sharma, who works in an IT company in the house.
Shankar Road to be widened to six lanes
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