Saturday, February 21, 2009

Udyog Vihar's traffic nightmare to end soon

Authorities are planning to connect Udyog Vihar, Phase-5, to NH-8 from here.

Office-goers in Udyog Vihar are a harried lot as for all the phases, there is only one entry/exit road connected to Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway. However, there's another potholed, unmetalled bumpy road that takes commuters from Udyog Vihar towards Old Gurgaon or Kapashera border, but nobody prefer using it.
A factory owner, on condition of anonymity, said, “When we bought plots here in the early 80s, we were told that it would be one of the best industrial townships in the country. However in the last 25 years, as new Gurgaon developed, Udyog Vihar took a beating and its decline is inversely proportional to the rise of new Gurgaon."
Going to Udyog Vihar or returning from here can be commuters’ worst nightmare. "You see mixed traffic here. From cycle rickshaws to Mercedes Benz, all ply on these two-lane roads. We don’t even invite our foreign guests to show them the office or factories. We meet them in swanky hotels of NCR,” he adds.
But there’s a ray of hope for the office crowd now. Satendar Gupta, DCP (Traffic), said, “We have proposed that the road leading from Udyog Vihar, Phase-5, should be connected to NH-8. However, the toll agency can put a barrier there to collect toll as the exit point is little further than the Toll Plaza. This will ease traffic problems of Udyog Vihar.”
However, the proposal seems to be in paper only and will take little time as DS Constructions haven’t received the proposal from traffic cops yet. Sachin Sharma, Vice President DS Constructions Ltd, said, “We haven’t received any such proposal from traffic police until now.”

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