GMDA to transfer land for Kherki Daula toll shift

The proposal to shift the Kherki Daula toll plaza to Panchgaon has finally gathered steam with the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) set to transfer around 30 acres of land to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) within a month. The development came almost six years after Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari announced at a public meeting in Badshahpur on August 14, 2017 that the Kherki Daula toll will be shifted towards Jaipur if the Haryana government provided NHAI free land for its construction. PC Meena, chief executive officer (CEO) of GMDA, said that the 30-acre land acquired by the Haryana state industrial and infrastructure development corporation (HSIIDC) has already been handed over to GMDA for the proposed toll plaza construction. ?We will hand over the land, which is free of any encumbrances, to NHAI in the coming days as this 30-acre land has been transferred to GMDA. The shifting of the toll plaza and construction of a new toll plaza at Panchgaon will be carried out by NHAI,? said Meena. On November 24, GMDA authorised its revenue officials to take over the 30-acre land in Panchgaon from HSIIDC, as per a letter issued by project coordinator, GMDA.