NHAI yet to get land for shifting Kherki Daula toll plaza to Pachgaon

GURUGRAM: The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) is yet to offer land to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a brand new toll plaza at Pachgaon. NHAI had asked for 40 acres to shift the Kherki Daula toll plaza to Pachgaon but HSIIDC has been in a position to obtain simplest 38 acres.
In August 2018, HSIIDC deposited Rs 30 crore with the Gurgaon district revenue officer for giving land to NHAI but there has been no handover of land to NHAI from Chandigarh. Subhash Vats, assistant normal manager, HSIIDC, stated, “Till we get orders from Chandigarh, the land cannot be transferred. Some land issue has come up on round two acres of the 40 acres required for the toll plaza and now it's stuck in litigation.”

Initially, the Kherki Daula toll plaza was once intended to be shifted to Sehrawan but the plan was once modified after environmentalists protested in opposition to it, announcing the area was once a natural world hall.

According to NHAI officials, the 36-lane toll plaza proposed at Pachgaon will be sure smooth float of site visitors. Traffic congestion is steadily witnessed at the Kherki Daula toll plaza which has 25 lanes. “We can not forestall operations at the Kherki Daula toll plaza until we construct a brand new one at Pachgaon. Once the site is finalised, it's going to take the company round 10 months to set up the toll plaza,” stated a senior NHAI legit. Around 70,459 automobiles go the Kherki Daula toll plaza frequently and the toll accrued is Rs 40 lakh in step with day.


The new toll plaza can be at the 2km mark of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal limited-access highway. Presently, HSIIDC can give simplest 38 acres to NHAI. “We can’t take 38 acres as we need to construct all 35 lanes,” stated the NHAI legit.


Meanwhile, S Raghuraman, the CEO of Millennium City Expressway Private Limited (MCEPL) which manages the Kherki Daula toll plaza stated, “NHAI has now not asked us to regulate the Pachgaon toll plaza yet.” TOI has additionally learnt that Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority is construction a a multi-modal transport gadget at Pachgaon which can be connected to the regional rapid transit gadget and the inter-state bus service.


Meanwhile, citizens have started an online petition to get the Kherki Daula toll plaza removed. Praveen Malik, spokesperson, United Association of New Gurugram, stated, “We started a signature marketing campaign involving citizens of 30-plus societies in sectors 77-95 and have already got 5,000 signatures.”


NHAI yet to get land for shifting Kherki Daula toll plaza to Pachgaon NHAI yet to get land for shifting Kherki Daula toll plaza to Pachgaon Reviewed by Kailash on January 05, 2019 Rating: 5
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