For the third time in the past two months, the residents of Sai Kunj and New Palam Vihar stopped work on the NPR (Northern Peripheral Road, popularly known as the Dwarka Expressway) elevated road, being carried out by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Saturday, asking the workers of the NHAI-appointed contractor to leave the spot without carrying out digging work.
Earlier on February 1 and March 17, the residents had similarly stopped the work on the elevated road.
Rakesh Rana, a New Palam Vihar resident, said, “The NHAI has to first address our grievances. We told NHAI officials on Saturday to remeasure the 150-metre-wide stretch on the NPR at Sector 109/110 from the centre, leaving 30-mt-wide green belts on both sides,