Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said the Union transport ministry issued directions towards preparing a detailed project report for a proposed link road between Nelson Mandela Marg in Vasant Kunj, Delhi, and the Mehrauli-Gurgaon (MG) Road.

This road, which will also be extended to the Faridabad Road, will help decongest the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and facilitate smooth travel between the Capital and Gurugram, Saini told mediapersons after a meeting with the Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari. Saini said 12 other infrastructure projects in Haryana were also approved in the meeting.

“In the past 10 years, the double engine government of BJP in Haryana and at the Centre have ensured that all 22 district of Haryana are connected through four-lane roads and several greenfield highways have been constructed in Haryana. To further expand the road network, we discussed 12 key road projects and thankfully, all of these were approved,” Saini said.

The link road project was floated by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in 2018 and it was also approved by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) but the project was dropped due to opposition from environmentalists, who said that this road could damage the ecosystem of the Aravalli Biodiversity Park.