MOHALI : With the Zirakpur bypass project to divert incoming traffic to Panchkula stuck in a department rift, residents continue to face traffic jams on Patiala crossing. The project is stuck between Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (Gmada) and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), with neither claiming responsibility to construct the road and passing the buck to each other instead.
Under the circumstances, commuters are forced to suffer traffic jams on the national highway near McDonald crossing and Patiala crossing. Long queues are seen in Zirakpur from Ambala side whereas the flyover built over the highway remains empty.
The bypass, which is part of the master plan, is in a limbo as Gmada claims the project is to be completed by NHAI, which has backed out saying they do not have approval. A senior NHAI official said, “We are yet to get approval from the head office to go ahead with the project. ”
