Gurgaon: Atmosphere Group agrees to share value of constructing underground U-turn

The proposed underground U-turn on the nationwide freeway close to the Atmosphere Mall might even see gentle of the day quickly, because the Atmosphere mall developer has in precept agreed to pay its share within the mission. The authorities, nevertheless, mentioned they’re ready for the consent in writing in order that the formalities are finalised.

The price of constructing the underpass might be shared between Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Atmosphere and DLF Restricted. Whereas the NHAI will share 50% of the fee, Atmosphere and DLF will foot 25% every.

Whereas the NHAI mentioned it’s ready to finish the formalities earlier than beginning development, the one hold-up is the delay within the official affirmation of coast sharing by the Municipal Company of Gurugram (MCG).

“As quickly as we get an official communication from Atmosphere Group on sharing the price of establishing the underpass, as mentioned in a gathering held earlier, we are going to convey our consent to the NHAI. We expect the consent from the Atmosphere Group to return via quickly,” V Umashankar, MCG commissioner, mentioned, including that the underpass on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, between Udyog Vihar and Atmosphere mall is important for guaranteeing secure passage of commuters.

“It (dialogue on value sharing) was all recorded in minutes of the assembly held earlier. Now we have obtained affirmation from the DLF,” the MCG commissioner mentioned.

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The U-turn underpass will decongest Shankar Chowk as nicely and make it simpler for commuters to cross the expressway from Udyog Vihar to the opposite facet.

The officers of NHAI, MCG and representatives of the 2 stakeholders — Atmosphere and DLF — held a gathering on the highway authority’s workplace on September 18. In the course of the assembly, each the stakeholders recorded their consent to share the price of development.

Raj Singh Gahlot, chairman, Atmosphere Group, mentioned, “We are going to talk our official consent to share 25% of the development value to the MCG very quickly.”

Ashok Sharma, mission director (PD), NHAI, Gurgaon, mentioned, “The NHAI has not but obtained the consent from the MCG on sharing 50% of the development value. As soon as the consent comes via, the DPR (detailed mission report) might be processed additional to start development of the underpass.”