Gurgaon: Residents of the brand new sectors alongside the Dwarka Expressway are having a tricky time commuting because the 6km arterial street between Rampura Chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur freeway and Pataudi Highway is in a dilapidated situation.
The Gurugram Metropolitan Growth Authority (GMDA) began the revamp of this street in February this 12 months. Contemplating the move of visitors, the authority is finishing up the work in phases by blocking one facet of the street. Nonetheless, the situation of the opposite lane is such that college buses are usually not prepared to choose up and drop their youngsters to the housing societies, say residents.
Swarup Dutta, a resident of DLF Ultima, mentioned, “Greater than two months have already handed, they've solely been in a position to dig up and make the street mattress masking solely a 100m stretch of the whole street. There has hardly been any motion on the bottom prior to now 15 days. Your complete space has change into a mud bowl.”
The street revamp mission undertaken by the GMDA consists of the development of a 6km major carriageway, service roads, cycle tracks, footpaths and inexperienced space.
The price of the 18-month mission has been pegged at Rs 67 crore.
Not simply this street, the reconstruction of one other key stretch between Vatika flyover and Pataudi Highway, which was inaugurated in March this 12 months has not been began but, the residents mentioned.
“The 4.6km stretch was imagined to be accomplished inside six months, however not a single brick has been laid thus far,” mentioned Rao Dharamveer Singh, RWA president of Mapsko Casabella.
When contacted, a senior official of GMDA mentioned, “We had a gathering on Friday, headed by the GMDA CEO, wherein course has already been issued to the personal contractor to hurry up the work. The contractor has already been requested to sprinkle water thrice a day on the street to forestall mud air pollution. Equally, visitors police have been requested to man the stretch to make sure easy vehicular motion.”