Gurugram authority okays annual maintenance of roads

20 Oct 2022 CW Team

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) approved a proposal for the annual maintenance of city roads in 2023-2024 during the 49th meeting of its weekly Core Planning Cell (CPC), officials said. The city has been divided into four zones and proposals for zone-wise road repair projects have been submitted.

Amit Godara, executive engineer, GMDA, said that the tender for the annual maintenance work between Sectors 24 to 80 has already been issued. The authority will conduct annual maintenance of roads in Sectors 1-23, 81-95 and 99-115 and the estimated costs for this have been approved, he added. Sudhir Rajpal, chief executive officer, GMDA, said that the annual maintenance of the master road between Sectors 1 and 23 would be carried out at an estimated cost of Rs 18 million.

The estimated cost for the master road from Sector 81 to 95 will be nearly Rs 11 million. The important roads in the zone will include the dividing roads between Sectors 85 and 89, Sectors 92 and 95, Sectors 81 and 86, up to Sector 87, and Sectors 91 and 92.

The cost for the road between Sectors 99 and 115 will be Rs 9.78 million, which includes the Northern Periphery Road. Other important roads in the zone are the outer periphery Sector 99 road, the dividing road between Sectors 99 and 102, and the dividing road between Sectors 90 and 91.

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