Centre clears major road projects in Haryana: Hooda

New Delhi: To help ease traffic in NCR, the Centre Wednesday cleared major road projects in Haryana including a Rs 100-crore six-lane flyover along Delhi-Jaipur Highway at Hero Honda Chowk and a new highway from Jhajjar to Dwarka via Dhansa border on Najafgarh drain at the same cost.

After a meeting with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes here, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the Centre has also enhanced budget allocation under "National Highway (Original)" from Rs 44 crore to Rs 110 crore for upkeep of national highways running in Haryana.

Hooda said that on National Highway 1 on Delhi-Panipat-Ambala route, construction work on the flyover at Bahalgarh Chowk and widening of a bridge near village Rasoi would be awarded to the contractor before December 31, 2013 to help ease traffic.

The Chief Minister said the cost of six-lane flyover at Hero Honda Chowk on Delhi-Jaipur road will cost about Rs 100 crore and would be completed within 15 months.

Till the construction of this flyover at Hero Honda Chowk, a convenience shall be provided to people of Gurgaon on both sides of the national highway by providing traffic light system, opening of central verge, proper upkeep and upgradation of service roads and construction of drains.

Hooda said that on his request, the Union Minister for Roadways and Highways and the Secretary Ministry of Road Transport and Highways enhanced the budget allocation under the head "National Highway (Original)" from Rs 44 crore to Rs 110 crore for better maintenance and upkeep of national highways in Haryana.

Fernandes also approved a proposal to construct a highway from Jhajjar in Haryana to Dwarka in Delhi via Dhansa border on Najafgarh drain at a cost of about Rs 100 crore, under Central Road Fund (Inter-state connectivity), he said.

Three main highways connecting Haryana with adjoining states carry very heavy traffic and all three projects of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on these highways are almost at a standstill, as a result of which highway users are suffering, Hooda said, adding Fernandes directed NHAI to improve maintenance level of roads immediately and complete projects on time.

Haryana Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala and Secretary, Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Vijay Chhiber were among others who attended the meeting.