The Principal Secretary of Public Works Department (Building & Roads), Sanjeev Kaushal on Tuesday reviewed progress of development work on roads and buildings undertaken by the department in Gurgaon and directed officials to widen and upgrade the existing two-lane Chandu-Badli Road to four lanes at Rs 94 crore.
On this 21 km stretch, the AIIMS-II was being set up at Badsa village on Gurgaon-Jhajjar border. Since outreach OPD of AIIMS has become functional in Badsa, four laning of this road would facilitate patients going there for treatment. Kaushal also gave directions to make Palwal-Sohna-Rewari Road pothole-free by October 20 and to send him a report after completion.
The Pataudi Sub-Division will also get a new office complex in March next year. Its construction is underway and according to officers, only 68 per cent of the work has been done. The construction of the new Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at village Uncha Majra has also started at a cost of Rs 1,033.53 lakh and is likely to be completed by February 2015. At the meeting, the issue of reinforcing local Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road also figured wherein the concerned Executive Engineer, NK Tomar said that barring a stretch of
700 m on Sikanderpur to Delhi border, the other portion had been covered by a bituminous layer. Kaushal also directed completion of work in a time-bound manner and till then execute a traffic plan in a way that commuters face the least inconvenience. He said that the portion of MG Road from IFFCO Chowk to Sikanderpur would be given for repairs and strengthening to another team of officers. Proper drainage plan will also be made for MG road. The Deputy Commissioner of Gurgaon, Shekhar Vidyarthi, observed that the entire stretch of the road should not have been scrapped while taking up strengthening work. It should have been done in phases instead.