NHAI to start IFFCO Chowk underpass work on Wednesday

Gurgaon | Wednesday | 6th February, 2019

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Owner Sukhjit Mann and Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) had been clashing over the alternative plot for the petrol pump since December 2016. The project cost was to be borne by the state government (25%) and NHAI (75%). Saurabh Singhal, the traffic and transportation expert at Bloom Companies, the NHAI consultant for the IFFCO Chowk project, said, “We are hopeful that the underpass will be completed by March.” A senior NHAI official comfirmed this.The Rs 285-crore IFFCO Chowk project was announced in September 2016 and was scheduled to be completed within the next 15 months. GURUGRAM: The National Highways Authority of India ( NHAI ) will start work on the IFFCO Chowk underpass from Wednesday, and it is likely to be completed by March, according to officials.Earlier, the work could not be carried out because a petrol pump was coming in the way of the underpass.Last week, the Supreme Court had given a week to the petrol pump owner to shift from the site. However, after the court intervened, a plot near the Rapid Metro Station in Sector 26A was given to Mann and she is happy with it..