Worse, this has been the situation for at least a month. Asked about commuters' daily nightmare, Faridabad deputy commissioner Amit Kumar Agrawal said the damaged portions at Alampur village would be re-laid only in a month or two.
The project is managed by Gurgaon Faridabad Toll Road Pvt Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure. Earlier this month, a company spokesperson told TOI that they have taken up the issue of a choked rainwater drain with the sarpanch of the village.
The company had claimed that there was a mutual agreement "for taking the drain across the project road to the other side and to dispose of this water in panchayat land" and that work would start immediately. But so far nothing has happened.
Sources said this is because of a tussle between two warring local leaders of Alampur. One faction apparently is vigorously opposing the construction of the drain. In a situation like this, it is obviously the duty of the local administration to sort out the dispute. But that hasn't happened.
When asked, Agrawal said the issue of anyone opposing the plan to drain out water has not been brought to his notice. "If anyone raises the need for providing support from administration, we will take necessary steps. We are concerned about the bad condition of road. I have asked the concessionaire to repair and make the road motorable as per the concession agreement," he said.
The existing drain passes through the property of one of the warring local leaders who has blocked the drain. Consequently, water accumulates and heavy trucks carrying boulders to the nearby stone crushing units have wreaked havoc on the highway.
Meanwhile, Haryana public works department (PWD) has served a notice to the concessionaire GFTR. "We have asked why the repair work cannot be carried out by us and recover the expenditure from the toll collection," said engineer-in-chief of PWD, Mahesh Kumar.
The 28.58 km stretch has developed several craters on the road at a few locations that are perpetually filled with muck. Accidents are common at two spots in the Alampur stretch of the road.
GFTR has got the right to collect toll till 2026, but on the condition that it will be a well maintained road. "There are also dozens of unauthorized and unscientifically build speed breakers need to be removed," said Chandan Sackhuja, a resident of Khori.
Even the concessionaire has blamed the highly overloaded trucks for extensive damage to the road.
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