NHAI asks revenue dept to recover ₹7.5 crore fine from MCG

Gurugram The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has written to the district revenue department officer of Gurugram to collect a ₹7.5-crore penalty from the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) for diverting sewer water into the drains constructed by the concessionaire of the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway from 2015-16.

The MCG has been asked by the highway administrator to pay the amount within 30 days of the court order.

The letter sent to the revenue department by the NHAI, on January 28, read, “In case, MCG fails to deposit the amount within 30 days of this order the same shall be recovered as the arrears of land revenue as per section 27 of the ACT (sic).”