Elevated road to decongest Hisar town

Deepender Deswal

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Tribune News Service

Hisar, December 31

To decongest the traffic in Hisar town, the state government has approved the construction of a nine-km elevated road in Hisar town.

District officials said following the completion of the feasibility study and detailed project report, the work was likely to start in 2022 on this project.

This will be the second elevated road of the state. Earlier, the NHAI had constructed nearly 10-km elevated road in Panipat town in 2008. The estimated cost of this project is tipped to be around Rs 1,100 crore.

Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said this elevated road would be constructed on the main Delhi road having a total length of 9 km. It will down turn at the crossing in Sector 14. He said there would be five or six entry-exit points on this elevated road at the main junctions of the town, which would provide connectivity for residents.

“There is a plan to connect the main roads like Tosham Road, Rajgarh Road. Besides, there will be an exit-entry point near the Red Square market and a couple of other points in the town as per the feasibility”, he informed.

“The DPR of the elevated road is being prepared, the work will commence as soon as this report is finalised in 2022”, he said. The residents said the growing traffic in the town had led to frequent jams on the entire road. There are several points, including the bus stand, Nagori Gate, Agresen Chowk, Red square market, Laxmi Bai Chowk, Fawwara chowk, Matka Chowk and the PLA markets. These are the main spots where the traffic remains jammed especially during the peak hours”, said Arun Sihag, a resident. Yograj Sharma, a social activist, who has been taking up the issue with the government for a long time, said there were several roundabouts, including Dabra Chowk, Fawwara Chowk, Camp Chowk, Jindal Chowk and Parijat Chowk, where there were constant traffic jams.