GURGAON: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said a new satellite-based toll collection system will replace the Kharki Dola toll plaza in two months. Gadkari, who on Tuesday met Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh to discuss various infrastructure projects in the city and Rewari, said that under the new toll collection system, the tolls will be paid directly from one's bank account. Amount will be deducted on the basis of travel. To build an elevated road from Hero Handa Chowk to Umang Bhardwaj Chowk to decongest the road, but NHAI officials rattled off technical hurdles for the project due to the metro corridor en route. Proposed an elevated road and design changes, the Highways Authority blocked the project. With the MP now pushing for revival of the project, the NHAI said the road would be elevated where necessary and widened to six lanes at other places. Haryana and NHAI officials will soon meet to prepare the blueprint. During the meeting, Inderjeet also raised the issue of delay in completion of Gurgaon-Patudi-Rewari National Highway. NHAI officials said the highway, which has missed several deadlines and is still far from completion, will be commissioned by October. The new highway is expected to reduce traffic pressure on the Delhi-Jaipur highway by 30 percent and travel distance by 15 km. For passengers between Gurgaon and Delhi as well as Rewari and Narnool. Gadkari, meanwhile, directed NHAI officials to speed up the construction of flyovers at Bilaspur Chowk and underpasses at Rathiwas Mode, Silhawas Mode and Pachgaon Chowk after Inderjit raised concerns over their slow progress. expressed. A dozen foot overbridges are also to be constructed on the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway, while the exit overbridges are to be repaired. A new road was also proposed to connect Nelson Mandela Road and Faridabad Road at Vasant Kunj to ease traffic congestion near the Gurgaon-Delhi border on the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway. “Using environmentally sound construction techniques will also ensure that the projects are sustainable,” said Inderjeet. CMK Principal Secretary V Omashankar and Deputy Commissioner Nishant Yadav were also present in the meeting.
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