The Haryana Government on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to hear it on the difficulties being faced by locals due to the manner in which the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway is being run, while the Delhi Gurgaon Super Connectivity ltd (DGSCl) sought more time to consider its exit plan.
“The Government needs to be heard. It can place before the court the practical difficulties being faced by locals,” the counsel for Haryana Government told the bench of Justice Manmohan Singh. Haryana Government had in July 2013 submitted an application seeking removal of two toll plazas at the Expressway or else termination of concession agreement on the ground of concessionaire’s event of default with a one-time termination payment of `118 crore. It had also said that problems at the Expressway was giving a “bad name to the State.”
The bench said it would hear the State Government on Friday and granted time to DGSCl till then while seeking to know if by then the issue would be resolved. To this the DGSCl said the issue will surely be resolved. During the hearing, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), the lead financier for the project, submitted a draft consent order before the court.