Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the Kherki Daula toll plaza will be shifted within six months, for this land has been identified.
The land possession will be given to the agency concerned by 28 February. After that the toll construction will take 3 to 4 months and then the toll plaza will be shifted, Khattar said.
Khattar also informed that a project of Rs 8,000 crore is being prepared to connect Manesar with Metro Rail. The project is currently in the pipeline.
The project is to be implemented by the Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation.
The Metro rail line will be built up to Bawal via Manesar.
This announcement was made by the CM at a program organized at Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) auditorium at IMT Manesar, in Gurugram.
The shifting of the toll plaza has been in the pipeline for more than five years now.
The high court had vacated the stay on the 50 acre of land in January 2020, allowing the state government to take over the land in Panchgaon. The high court had also formed a committee to end a dispute between HSIIDC and the land owners.
According to an sources, the 50 acre of land owners had filed compensation litigation. The officials said most of the cases have been resolved.
"One case is pending which will be sorted out soon," said a senior official requesting anonymity.
HSIIDC had identified 38 acres of land for shifting the the toll plaza in Sehrawan, but environmentalists raised objection saying that the area was a wildlife corridor. Later the Panchgaon was enmarked for toll plaza.
The decision to shift toll plaza is expected to bring relief for people staying in the newer sectors of Gurugram. This toll plaza connects Gurugram to Manesar.
With many residential sectors of Gurugram on both sides of the Kherki Daula toll plaza, these residents often complained about the constant traffic jams and queues at the plaza, resulting in long waiting hours for the commuters, even for short distances and demanded that the toll plaza be shifted beyond Manesar, outside the city limits.