Chandigarh, November 1 - The newly constructed U-turn flyover near DLF Cyber City on National Highway No. 48 in Gurugram has been opened for vehicles on Haryana Day from today and was e-inaugurated by Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal through video conferencing from Karnal.

Speaking on the occasion he said that by constructing this U-turn flyover, one more step has been taken towards making Gurugram free from traffic jam.

While inaugurating this 3 lane U-turn flyover through virtual medium, Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal said that this flyover has been constructed at a cost of about Rs 52 crore and it will provide a big relief to the people of Gurugram and commuters coming from outside. This will help in preventing traffic congestion and facilitate u-turn movement for vehicles coming from Delhi to Jaipur and will prevent accidents of traffic going to Udyog Vihar or Delhi from DLF Cyber City or Ambience Mall side. Besides, it will also help in reducing pollution caused by traffic jams and will save time of commuters.

Extending greetings of Haryana Day to the people of Gurugram, the Chief Minister said that we are solving the traffic jam related problems of Gurugram one by one. First, the problems of IFFCO Chowk, Signature Tower and Rajeev Chowk were solved by constructing underpasses and improving these road intersections on NH-48, then a flyover was constructed at Hero Honda Chowk to make it jam-free. Now, Shankar Chowk has become traffi jam-free. He said that a four-lane U-turn underpass is being constructed on NH- 48 near Ambience Mall in Gurugram, which is in the final stages of its construction. The total estimated cost of both of these projects, that is, the U-turn flyover built near DLF Cyber City on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway and the U-turn underpass being built near the Ambience Mall is Rs 122.16 crore. Out of these, U-Turn elevated flyover has been completed at a cost of about Rs 52 crore. The cost of the entire project is being borne by the NHAI and the state government in 75:25 ratio. The Chief Minister said that work on various new projects is going on in Gurugram, such as the Dwarka Expressway, extension of metro service etc and such numerous development works are benefiting the increasing industrialization of Gurugram district.

During the e-inauguration, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Project Director Mr Shashi Bhushan while welcoming the Chief Minister, apprised that the newly constructed U-turn flyover is 675 meters in length and 12.5 meters wide. He said that despite the challenge of Covid-19, the construction of this 3-lane U-turn flyover has been completed within the stipulated period of 18 months.

For this e-inauguration, a function was organized along the NH-48, near DLF Cyber City where a LED Screen was installed for virtual inauguration of Flyover. On this occasion, MLA Gurgaon Sudhir Singla, BJP District President Smt. Gargi Kakkar, Deputy Commissioner Amit Khatri, Additional Deputy Commissioner Prashant Panwar, Project Director of NHAI Shashi Bhushan, Technical Manager Vikas Mittal, SDM Gurugram Jitendra Kumar were also present along with other officers of district administration and NHAI.