GURUGRAM: A meeting was held between Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari and Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Delhi late on Thursday evening at the former’s residence to discuss various road projects in the state.Apart from the CM, Gurugram MLAs Rao Narbir, Tejpal Tanwar, GMDA CEO Uma Shankar, Huda chief administrator D Suresh were present in the meeting, which spanned over two hours.While the Dwarka expressway was discussed at the meeting, the proposed road bisecting the Aravali Biodiversity Park, which was in news recently, was not discussed, Narbir said. Residents of new sectors along the Dwarka expressway started a hunger strike on Thursday, demanding that the toll at Kherki Daula be removed and expressway work expedited. The Kherki Daula toll issue was discussed too but no concrete decision regarding when it will be shifted was taken.“It was a scheduled meeting which stretched up to over two hours. This meeting was held to discuss road projects across the state, including Dwarka expressway. The minister wanted us to speed up all on going road projects and bring to his knowledge if there are any hurdles which might hinder the progress of work. As far as Dwarka expressway is concerned, work has already started and there are around 10 electricity poles which had to be removed. This will be done in the next couple of days,” Narbir told TOI.

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