U-turn closure at Kherki Daula toll logjams roads

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Thursday closed a U-turn at the Kherki Daula toll plaza on National Highway 48 in Gurugram due to the high-risk of accidents at the spot, 11 months after this was recommended by a safety consultant NHAI hired under directions of a Supreme Court appointed panel.

- Abhishek Behl

GURUGRAM:

The directions to close the U-turn were given by the Gurugram district administration, which appointed a duty magistrate and also deployed Gurugram police team at the spot, said officials of the highway operator Skylark.

The U-turn in question is on the carriageway from Jaipur towards Delhi that commuters use to go towards Manesar and take sector roads to Naurangpur, Badshahpur and Sohna Road. This turn is also taken by commuters going to Sectors 69 to 74 along the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR). Another U-turn, on the carriageway from Delhi to Jaipur, whose closure was also recommended, will be shut by next week, Skylark said.