Traffic, pollution new Gurugram DC's top priorities

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Newly appointed Gurugram Deputy Commissioner (DC) Hardeep Singh on Friday reiterated his resolve to coordinate with all departments of the district to ensure the timely completion of the ongoing developmental projects in the city.

Singh, who took charge of the district administration last month, told The Pioneer that resolving traffic and pollution issues will be among his top priorities. The DC further said that the one lane of Flyover being built at Hero Honda chowk, towards Jaipur will be operationalised from June of this year.

 “We have our eyes on the plans to shift Kherki Daula toll plaza which is in its last phase and it will be completed within one year, “ the DC added.

There was a piece of land on the Dwarka Expressway which was under dispute. Singh asserted that the issue will be resolved soon which will allow commuters to use the Dwarka Expressway and the volume of traffic volume on the national highway (NH-8) will also come down.

Addressing issue of Flooding in the city issue would be among his priorities as the entire city was gridlocked because of water logging in July last year. The incident had brought the city administration under the scanner.

DC said the pollution level in Gurugram is also a major issue and to resolve this he will appoint a team who will ascertain the major reasons behind the problem.

The team will coordinate with the traffic police in order to control vehicle emissions and action will be taken against builders who are violating Government norms while making their project across the city.

Singh also reiterated the resolve of the Government to ensure corruption-free administration.

The DC also said that the declaration of public grievances through the CM Window will be made stronger so that the issues faced by the citizens are resolved on priority basis.

Singh, an IAS officer of the 2006 batch, earlier served in Gurugram as administrator, Haryana urban development authority (Huda), in 2016, and was posted as administrator, Huda, Panchkula, before the transfer. 

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