NH-8 awaits multiple underpasses

In order to do away with the perennially clogging on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to construct three underpasses at Rajiv Chowk — two for traffic from Sohna Road to Old Gurgaon and another from Bakhtawar Singh Road in front of Tau Devi Lal Stadium. In this connection, a three-phase plan has been prepared for the construction of underpasses at the intersection. The plan is aimed at ensuring that traffic at the intersection does not go haywire during the construction. A senior official of Gawar Constructions, the contractor of the project, said in phase 1, the road will be extended on both sides of Sohna Road and Bakhtawar Singh Road. This has been aimed at ensuring smooth traffic when the construction of underpasses starts in the next phase. The ramp work and trenching at the intersection will take place in the first phase and for building the underpasses at the junction, traffic has been diverted on both sides and the causeway has been barricaded, said NHAI sources.