Bypass project hits a roadblock owing to road encroachments
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The most-awaited six-lane bypass project of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has hit a roadblock on the road from Badarpur border to Sector 65. The authority is finding it difficult to move the project from Sector 29 to a petrol pump that is in front of Mazdur Basti. This four kilometre-long stretch is seen as a problem area and it is not expected to be constructed easily. The project will unclog routine traffic jams on the Delhi-Mathura highway.
The 26 kilometre-long project has been awarded to MBL Company. The cost of the project is estimated at Rs 128 crore and except for the four km-long stretch that is under debate, the rest of the 22 km-long stretch is proposed to be completed by May 15, 2010. The work is in progress from Sector 2 to national highway but the problem is in Sectors 3, 8 and Palla area where the shifting of electricity poles is required.
The estimated cost of Rs 128 crore may be increased by nearly Rs 4.76 crore due to overheads. The cost of shifting the sewerage disposal line from Sector 37 will cost Rs 46 lakh. Similarly, the sewerage line that was laid by NBCC according to the four-lane system will have to be shifted and it will cost Rs 3.90 crore. The green belt that is in Sector 14 area will also need to be transplanted and the same will cost Rs 40 lakh.
The problems faced by MBL do not end here as encroachment on both sides of the bypass road is a major hindrance. MCF and HUDA are responsible for removing encroachments from their respective areas. Hundreds of jhuggies have mushroomed on the green belt. From Old Faridabad to Sector 17, some unauthorised workshops have also encroached upon the land. Shops selling gates and wooden doors have also been in the area for the past two years.
Along with the project of six laning, a flyover project over railway crossing is going on simultaneously in Sector 65. HUDA has designed the railway crossing flyover in such a way that villagers will not find it difficult to cross the bypass.
—Nehaa Marya |
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