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25 months & counting, revamp of 1.4km Southern Peripheral Road link not complete in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: Residents and commuters are bearing the brunt of poor road conditions following delay in a key Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) link project.
GMDA — which initially set a deadline of 12 months when the road work commenced in June 2023 — is now hoping to wrap up the work by Aug.
More than two years after work began to upgrade the 1.4km stretch between AIT Chowk and SPR, the project is yet to be completed.
Officials have attributed the delay to drainage work undertaken by another division of the metropolitan authority.
The road upgradation project, pegged at Rs 9.8 crore, includes overlaying the main carriageway, constructing service roads on both sides, laying surface drains and building footpaths and cycle tracks.
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After initial groundwork began in 2023, the road revamp work was stalled in Jan 2024 when GMDA's Infra Division-II started a parallel drainage project along the same corridor.
Work on the drainage faced multiple setbacks due to the shifting of underground utilities, electric poles and weather-related disruptions, especially during the monsoon. The crossing of the drainage line to SPR was only completed recently, the official added.
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With drainage work — separately budgeted at Rs 3.9 crore — now complete, GMDA officials say the pace of construction has picked up.
Meanwhile, for residents, the delay has meant two years of living with dust, deteriorating access and daily inconvenience. Residents allege GMDA failed to plan the overlapping projects in a synchronised manner. RWA president of Sushant Lok 2 and 3 Pawan Yadav said, "It has been more than two years, but the revamp of a mere 1.4km road is not completed.
If one division knew drain was pending, why was road work initiated without resolving that first? There should be accountability.
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According to GMDA officials, drainage, footpaths, a cycle track and about 1km of service road on the right side of the carriageway have been completed. On the other side, 700 metres of the service road have been laid with Wet Mix Macadam, while work on the footpath and cycle track is nearing completion."We have set a target of Aug and efforts are being made to complete it at the earliest. But bituminous work is weather-sensitive and progress depends on conducive conditions," the official added.
