Gurgaon: Gurugram Metropolitan Growth Authority (GMDA) plans to desilt the drains alongside CH Baktawar Singh Highway, infamous for waterlogging each monsoon. The transfer would guarantee a straightforward trip for commuters on the stretch this wet season.
In keeping with officers, the “cleansing and desilting” of the drains alongside the stretch will price practically Rs 59.70 lakh. “Now we have floated a young inviting bid for the cleansing and desilting of the drains of the sector dividing roads of sectors 38 and 39, 32 and 38, and 32 and 39, which represent Chaudhary Baktawar Singh Highway. The work will likely be performed utilizing a high-power, super-sucker machine and can take practically two and a half months to finish,” mentioned a senior GMDA official.
If this spherical of tendering is profitable, GMDA can allot the work instantly and will be capable to full the desilting simply in time for the monsoon, added the official.
Commuters within the metropolis welcomed the transfer however doubted whether or not GMDA might full the work in time. “The monsoon often arrives across the finish of June. If GMDA takes greater than two months to complete the work, it's unlikely that they'll end it earlier than monsoon,” mentioned Aarti Sharma, a resident of Sector 31, who works at a personal firm positioned alongside the stretch.
Situated adjoining to NH-8, the CH Baktawar Singh Highway runs parallel to Sohna Highway, with institutions like Tau Devi Lal Sports activities Advanced, Medanta The Medicity Hospital, visitor homes, places of work and outlets in its neighborhood. The street additionally serves as the purpose the place automobiles from the instructions of Rajiv Chowk, Baktawar Chowk, Subhash Chowk, Huda Metropolis Centre, Sohna Highway, and Mayfield Gardens intersect.
The street is vulnerable to waterlogging due to its location in a low-lying space. Nevertheless, since a unidirectional underpass was constructed on the stretch, flooding has grow to be much more frequent. The shifting of the stormwater drain earlier than establishing the construction was not correctly dealt with, in accordance with GMDA, rising the possibilities of waterlogging. Of late, each time there's a spell of heavy rainfall, the street and the underpass get inundated, throwing the site visitors out of drugs.