NHAI initiates work for elevated U-turn on NH-8

Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has released its share of disbursement of funds to build an elevated U-turn near Shankar Chowk between Delhi and Gurgaon on the NH-8 at an investment of ₹162 crore. NHAI, which has already resumed the work on the projects, has a share of about ₹66 crore and GMDA is pitching in ₹14.72 crore. The remaining amount is split between DLF and Ambience Mall. The agency has invested its share of funds and hence had to halt the work. The work on the project was started in March 2019, with a deadline of September 2020, however, the first hurdle it faced was the NGT ban on construction due to the rising pollution levels in NCR and the work had stopped for almost four months and then again halted due to clamping of the lockdown. NHAI has now resumed the work but is still facing a shortage of labour resulting in slow speed of the construction work.