NHAI to light up Sirhaul toll using diesel gensets

Street lights in the Sirhaul toll area will become functional five years after the plaza was closed in accordance with a 2014 Delhi High Court order. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has directed the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway concessionaire to illuminate the area for commuters’ safety. However, the high mast lights are going to be run using seven diesel generators as concessionaire Millennium City Expressway Private Ltd (MCEPL) does not have an electricity connection here.

“We have not applied for an electrical connection as the Sirhaul toll plaza was removed and now this area doesn’t come under our scope of work,” MCEPL chief executive officer S Raghuraman said.

It must be noted that the Supreme Court-appointed Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) ban on use of diesel generators in the national capital region (NCR) is still in force.