Gurugram works on 1.6-km sewer gaps in Sectors 81-87

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority is exploring alternative alignments to complete seven missing links in the sewerage network serving Sectors 81 to 87.

The missing stretches together cover around 1.6 km. The sewerage network was taken over from Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran in July but remains non-functional because the missing links have not been completed.

Haryana principal adviser for urban development D S Dhesi directed officials to explore alternative alignments at locations where work has stalled because of court cases and land-acquisition issues.

Dhesi inspected the area on Monday and reviewed the status of the incomplete sewer connections.

“Major sector roads should not be planned in isolation from underground civic utilities,” Dhesi said.

He also directed officials to examine whether alternative routes could be used where the original alignments cannot be completed.

One option under examination is laying a sewer line along the central verge of the Sector 82/85 dividing road, subject to technical feasibility.

The move is intended to bridge the missing stretches and enable the existing sewer network to become functional.

The incomplete links have prevented the sewerage network in the affected sectors from operating as a continuous system.

Officials have been asked to examine the technical feasibility of alternative alignments and work out ways to address the gaps caused by litigation and land-related issues.

The latest review focuses on completing the missing links without waiting indefinitely for the existing alignments to be cleared.

The sewerage network in Sectors 81 to 87 was taken over by GMDA from HSVP in July. The authority is now examining alternative routes to connect the incomplete portions.