The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi government to pay Rs 1,000 crore as an interim measure to the National Highway Authority (NHAI) as its share towards the cost incurred for constructing the 270-km Western and Eastern peripheral expressways.
It also told the Union cabinet secretary to look into the Delhi government’s grievance over the final amount the state is required to pay for the project.
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta gave four weeks to the Centre to consider the Delhi government’s concerns and said some compromise must be worked out. However, the bench appeared to disagree with Delhi’s argument that the Capital does not accrue any benefit from the expressways that form a ring road around Delhi and allow heavy vehicles to bypass the capital.
