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Gurgaon’s Metro wait may end with a train of snarls
Metro will roll into Gurgaon on Monday. But Millennium City’s most awaited development of the year could also leave its already tottering traffic situation in a shambles.
Metro will roll into Gurgaon on Monday. But Millennium City’s most awaited development of the year could also leave its already tottering traffic situation in a shambles.
The Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road and surrounding stretches aligning the Gurgaon Metro corridor are likely to turn more chaotic from Monday when the rail corridor between the BPO hub and Delhi gets launched.
The traffic police are jittery about the prospect of managing traffic converging near Metro stations, especially the one on MG Road.
With nine malls, three major hospitals, four giant office complexes and a number of condominiums it is among the busiest stretches in the city.
Absence of a feeder bus service for Metro users and insufficient parking space at the stations will compound the problem, the traffic police fear.
Three of the five Metro stations in Gurgaon are situated on MG Road, also called the ‘mall mile’. The other two are located near IFFCO-Tokio building and at Sector 29 roundabout.
According to a recent traffic volume study conducted by Ernst & Young, at least 1.30 lakh vehicles ply on this three-km stretch that leads to the Gurgaon Expressway and the Mehrauli border.
Residents of uptown condominiums and people who work in malls and offices on MG Road are the most worried lot.
“We will virtually be facing a house arrest situation since the MG Road Metro station is bang opposite our community gates,” said Atul Batra, the president of Heritage City Welfare association. Heritage City has about 4,000 occupants.
