Gurugram targets Sept 30 completion of 32 pedestrian crossings

Gurugram officials have set a Sept 30 deadline to complete pedestrian-crossing works at 32 locations.

At a District Road Safety Committee meeting at the Mini Secretariat, Additional Deputy Commissioner Sonu Bhatt asked departments to inspect identified accident-prone locations and complete works within their deadlines. The measures include signs, lane markings, road studs, lighting, crash barriers and pedestrian crossings on NH-48, NH-248A and other district roads.

At Sector 31, officials said signs, markings, studs, lighting and an expanded jersey barrier have been completed. An unauthorised road cut opposite Fauji Dhaba has also been closed. At Panchgaon Chowk, signs, markings and studs have been installed, while median-railing work remains pending.

The committee also reviewed a proposal for a 4–5 ft iron grille along the Gurugram-Sohna Road median to guide pedestrian movement. A safe-school-zone proposal for Government Senior Secondary School, Bhondsi, has been sent to NHAI headquarters.

Officials said 191 school buses were inspected up to August 31, resulting in 26 challans. The meeting also reviewed crossings at Manesar bus stand and Bilaspur Chowk, lighting on Gurugram-Faridabad Road, and proposed foot overbridges.