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The 43-kilometer Gurgaon-Pataudi-Rewari national highway is on track for completion by March 2025, as announced by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Currently, 60% of the project is finished, with the Wazirpur-Rewari section expected to be ready by December 2024, while the stretch from Dwarka Expressway to Wazirpur will follow in 2025.
Construction has commenced on a 180-meter, two-lane flyover on the Dwarka Expressway, which will connect to NH-352W. This unidirectional flyover aims to provide direct access for traffic traveling to Rewari from Delhi or Gurgaon via the Dwarka Expressway.
Once completed, the highway is projected to alleviate congestion on the heavily trafficked Delhi-Jaipur Expressway and offer an alternative route to industrial areas in Manesar, Bilaspur, and Dharuhera. This development will enhance traffic flow for both commuters and transporters, according to NHAI officials.
“The project is progressing well, and we are committed to meeting the March deadline. Traffic coming from the Southern Peripheral Road or the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will utilize the left turn near Sector 88A, while Rewari-bound traffic from Delhi will access the flyover,” an NHAI official stated.
However, sections of the project at Hero Honda Chowk and Umang Bharadwaj Chowk may not be completed by the March deadline. The NHAI had to descop the works for these areas last November due to delays in finalizing the design by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) amid uncertainties over metro expansion in the city. As a result, the NHAI will now operate on a separate timeline for these parts of the project.
Originally conceived in 2018, the project aims to upgrade the existing two-lane state highway into a four-lane national highway, with an estimated cost of ?900 crore. Foundation work was initiated in July 2020 by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, but construction only began in November 2021 after a series of delays.
The project faced additional setbacks in September 2022 when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) intervened following environmental concerns over the forest clearance granted for the highway. Petitioners argued that the compensatory afforestation plan was inadequate, as it involved planting trees 300 kilometers away in Panchkula, failing to restore the local green cover lost due to construction.
In April 2023, the Supreme Court permitted NHAI to resume work on the project, imposing a requirement for compensatory afforestation within the city to mitigate its environmental impact. |
