To help ease traffic in NCR, the Centre today cleared major road projects in Haryana including a Rs 100-crore six-lane flyover along Delhi-Jaipur Highway at Hero Honda Chowk and a new highway from Jhajjar to Dwarka via Dhansa border on Najafgarh drain at the same cost.
After a meeting with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes here today, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the Centre has also enhanced budget allocation under "National Highway (Original)" from Rs 44 crore to Rs 110 crore for upkeep of national highways running in Haryana.
Hooda said that on National Highway 1 on Delhi-Panipat-Ambala route, construction work on the flyover at Bahalgarh Chowk and widening of a bridge near village Rasoi would be awarded to the contractor before December 31, 2013 to help ease traffic.
The Chief Minister said the cost of six-lane flyover at Hero Honda Chowk on Delhi-Jaipur road will cost about Rs 100 crore and would be completed within 15 months.
Till the construction of this flyover at Hero Honda Chowk, a convenience shall be provided to people of Gurgaon on both sides of the national highway by providing traffic light system, opening of central verge, proper upkeep and upgradation of service roads and construction of drains.
