left abandoned for two years and delayed by more than five years, work on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway, spanning five districts of Sonepat, Jhajjar, Gurgaon, Mewat and Palwal, is set to resume next month. Now, it will be a six-lane expressway, not four-laned, as planned earlier.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Saturday said that while work on the Manesar-Palwal section would resume within one month and completed in less than one year, it would be taken up on the Kundli-Manesar section in about three months.
“We have taken the initiative to convert the dream into reality. While the HSIIDC today allotted work for the Manesar-Palwal section on Item Rate Mode which would start shortly, bids for the Kundli-Manesar section are being invited and work on this stretch will hopefully take off in three months,” the Chief Minister said.
After Supreme Court orders, the State Government took the decision to terminate the contract and have a new concessionaire. With the initiatives taken by the present government, the revival of KMP Expressway Project is now taking shape.
Giving details, Manohar lal said that the HSIIDC had allotted work for the Manesar-Palwal section on Item Rate Mode which would start in a month and would be completed in less than one year.
“With completion of the much delayed project, northern Haryana will have high-speed connectivity with southern districts like Gurgaon, Faridabad and Palwal; the National Capital Territory will be
decongested as traffic from the northern parts of the country headed for other regions, would not need to cross Delhi, and pollution will be reduced considerably”, the Chief Minister added.