The Millennium City Expressways Private Limited (MCEPL), the contractor for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the concessionaire of Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, on Sunday, finished cutting 158 full-grown trees along the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway to widen the 11 entry and exit points at five places.
“The trees are being cut to widen the entry and exit points so that traffic jams can be reduced,” an MCEPL contractor, cutting trees at Sector 31 exit, said.
He added that since some land would also be taken from the green belts maintained by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, they would also take permission to fell trees from the civic agency.
Asked about the planned width of the entry and exits, the contractor said they have not been given any specifics and they would “widen it as much as they can”.
