Dhesi Directs GMDA to Bridge Missing Dwarka Expressway Sewer Links

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority's engineering wing has been directed to complete missing stretches of the sewage network in developing sectors along the Dwarka Expressway after principal advisor for urban development DS Dhesi found partially laid sewer pipelines during an inspection.

Dhesi, in a statement issued on Monday, directed officials to take time-bound action to bridge the missing links and to explore technically viable alternative routes wherever the original alignment is blocked by land litigation or other constraints. He also suggested examining the option of laying a sewer line along the central verge of the Sector 82/85 dividing road, subject to technical feasibility.

"Sewerage is a basic and critical civic service, and there is a need for time-bound action to resolve the remaining gaps. GMDA, HSVP and Town and Country Planning authorities must work in close coordination to ensure seamless infrastructure in the city's expanding sectors," Dhesi said.

According to a GMDA spokesperson, the missing network includes about 170-metre stretches between sectors 87/91 and 84/88, about 100 metres on the road between sectors 81/86 and 83/84, and another 30-metre stretch in sectors 85/86. During the inspection, Dhesi asked the engineering wing to assess alternative alignments where the planned route cannot be built, and to work out a practical solution for the Sector 82/85 verge proposal without further delay.

The directions matter because several developing sectors still lack a functional sewage network. Many condominiums rely on tankers to dispose of treated sewage water. GMDA and the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran have been unable to lay lines in some pockets because of land-related litigation. Local residents have alleged that real estate licences were issued without the supporting infrastructure being completed on the ground.

Dhesi also directed officials to place the issue before the High Court with the appropriate perspective, keeping larger public interest and the need for essential civic infrastructure in view. Bridging short gaps of a few dozen to a few hundred metres can unlock entire sector networks that otherwise remain stranded as dead ends.

Dwarka Expressway sectors have seen rapid housing and commercial licensing over the past decade. Incomplete sewer trunks leave societies dependent on tanker evacuation, raise pollution risk if untreated effluent is mishandled, and complicate occupancy certificates and civic takeover of internal networks. HSVP, GMDA and the Town and Country Planning Department will need aligned drawings and court strategy where litigation blocks the original route.

Officials were told to treat the missing links as a priority rather than as residual works waiting for land disputes to settle on their own. Alternative alignments along dividing roads and central verges are being studied so that construction can proceed where plot-level litigation has frozen the first design. A clear timeline for each stretch was sought as part of the Monday directions.