The Central government on Wednesday said that the work of “Eastern Peripheral Expressway”, which had been earlier held up due to the non-completion of land acquisition, has begun.
The Central government on Wednesday said that the work of “Eastern Peripheral Expressway”, which had been earlier held up due to the non-completion of land acquisition, has begun. The work has begun from the Palwal side in Haryana, which on completion is likely to give relief to the people in Delhi from pollution caused by trucks bound for other states.
The work could begin after the release of enhanced compensation by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) as awarded by the arbitral tribunal, said the Union ministry of road and transport in a media statement. The farmers have begun handing over the land to NHAI in Palwal district, the ministry added.
“Chairman, NHAI, is reviewing the project with officers on almost a daily basis. He has also taken a meeting with all officials of the state government. Another meeting with Commissioner Rohtak, Meerut and Gurgaon, besides DMs/DCs of Sonepat, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Faridabad and Palwal districts was held on Wednesday,” said the ministry.
The NHAI has asked all the contractors to plan ahead with “military precision” so as to complete the project in 400 days as asked by Union minister Nitin Gadkari. “All contractors have mobilised their resources including manpower and machinery. Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have again been requested to ensure that there is no obstruction to NHAI work,” stated the ministry.
The government hopes that the problems in other areas will also be resolved very soon. Further, to monitor the project on real time basis, a web based “APP” has been developed and the photos of the running work would be uploaded which can be viewed for monitoring by NHAI.
