The Delhi -Gurgaon Expressway will see another missed deadline, according to the National Highways Authority of India. The Udyog Vihar and Mahipalpur flyovers were to be inaugurated on January 31 but now it will probably happen only in the first week of February.

Work was completed almost a week ago, according to the contractors DS Constructions Ltd. “A road safety test to be conducted and certified by National Highway Authority of India. This lead to a delay in opening the completed flyovers,” according to Bhupendra Kainthola, GM, Media Operations, NHAI.

Only 15 km of the 27.7 km Expressway will be a continuous stretch even after the opening of the Udyog Vihar and Mahipalpur flyovers.

With the RTR Palam, IFFCO Chowk and South City flyovers still under construction the Expressway will not be functional before September 2007. ” Iffco and South City flyover have been targeted to open by April and RTR – Palam by September 2007, according to Rafi Q Khan,GM, Corporate Communications, DS Constructions.

At the same time, commuters are complaining about the expressway being opened in stretches. They say traffic gets worse during the peak hours when people have to take to alternate route after using one flyover.

Source: Yahoo News

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