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Gurugram: GMDA Clears Rs 900 Crore Urban Infrastructure Push
Gurugram Metro. (via Getty Images)
The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has approved a Rs 3,034 crore budget of the authority for the fiscal year 2025–26, alongside infrastructure projects worth nearly Rs 900 crore to address the city’s growing urban needs, Times of India reported.
The approvals came at the 14th GMDA board meeting chaired by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday (23 April).
A key highlight includes the proposal to build flyovers or underpasses at five congestion-prone junctions — Railway Road Chowk, Sector 5 junction, Krishna Chowk, Rezang La Chowk, and the Old Delhi Road-Palam Vihar junction, along the new metro corridor from Millennium City Centre to Cyber City.
“The Authority has approved the proposal to construct five grade separators along with the underpass at Bakhtawar Chowk by GMRL as ‘deposit work' of GMDA. Rather than issuing separate tenders, GMRL will construct these structures. This will avoid delays and ensure seamless execution,” a GMDA official was quoted as saying by ToI.
To address stormwater drainage woes, the board sanctioned Rs 70 crore for the reconstruction of two key legs of the master drain network, covering over 4.2 km in Sectors 21, 22 and 23.
The authority will now reconstruct the remaining 2.8 km stretch of Leg-I and address similar degradation in Leg-II.
Further approvals include Rs 110 crore to replace a vital pipeline from Basai Water Treatment Plant to Sector 16, and Rs 134 crore for upgrading a 15km stretch of the city’s sewer line network.
A master road connecting NH-8 to Naurangpur between Sectors 78 and 80 has also been approved at Rs 41.8 crore.
