More than 350 kilometres of roads in Gurugram and over 1,500 kilometres of roads across six other NCR cities in Haryana will be redesigned to reduce pollution and congestion following directions issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) last year, officials said on Sunday.Experts will focus on greening, standardised road geometry and preventive maintenance to improve air quality and mobility. (Parveen Kumar/HT)The Urban Local Bodies Department has shared details of roads in Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Karnal, Rohtak, Sonipat and Panipat with the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) and Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), which will jointly prepare redesign plans for roads wider than 12 metres. A detailed report is expected within three months, while reconstruction and upgradation work is targeted for completion by December 2027.According to the department, the seven NCR cities have a combined road network of 10,132 kilometres, of which around 1,900 kilometres of roads wider than 12 metres have been identified for redesign. The roads have already been shortlisted by the state government, with width being the primary criterion.“The roads which are wider than 12 metres will be taken up for redesigning. We will soon enter into a memorandum of understanding with SPA and CRRI, which will jointly carry out the work and provide a report. The details of these roads have already been shared with these agencies, and we expect the work to be completed in next three months. The funding for redesigning and renovating the roads will be arranged by respective state agencies and departments. The deadline for upgrading these roads is December 2027,” said Hemant Kumar, chief engineer, headquarter, Urban Local Bodies Department, Haryana.Of the identified network in Gurugram, 292 kilometres fall under the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), 35 kilometres under the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), seven kilometres under the Public Works Department (PWD), and 23 kilometres under the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP).“The objective of the exercise is to make the roads in these cities dust free and standardisation to ensure safe commuting for both vehicles and pedestrians. An amount of ₹12.5 crore will be spent to analyse and submit the report for redesigning these roads,” Kumar said.He added that the redesign would focus on mitigating road dust through greening, standardised right-of-way design and preventive maintenance systems. “The experts will also look at space standards and cross section design to standardise right of way and also introduce RAMS, a road asset management system for preventive and predictive maintenance,” he said.Explaining how redesign would reduce dust pollution, Kumar said, “The empty dirt strips will be planted with native shrubs and plants suggested by the experts. Standardised road geometry will help in efficient mechanised sweeping. The standardization of roads will also help in smooth movement of vehicles across these cities.”According to officials, end-to-end paving will eliminate bare earth and unpaved shoulders along roads, a major source of dust generation.Key roads identified in Gurugram include Old Delhi Road, New Railway Road, Jharsa Road, Civil Lines Road, Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) and major sector roads. In Faridabad, identified corridors include Prahladpur Border-Badkhal Road, Sector 18 to Sector 12 Dividing Road, Gonchi Drain to Sohna Road T-Point, Sector 77-71 Corridor and roads in Sectors 76, 77 and 78.In Karnal, Community Centre Sector 9 Road, Sector 7 internal roads, Amar Hospital Chowk, Noor Mahal Chowk, Geeta Chowk and Kunjpura Road have been listed. In Rohtak, the identified stretches include Old NH-10 Delhi-Hisar Road, NH-352/Jind-Hisar Bypass stretches, Mini Bypass and city roads, and the Khatu Shyam Mandir-Ambedkar Chowk-Old Bus Stand corridor.The list for Sonipat includes internal roads in Sectors 12, 13 and 15, DCRUST-CIPET Road, Sector 12 Phase-II roads and Adarsh Nagar streets. In Panipat, Radha Swami Road, Yamuna Enclave, Barsat Road and the Babail Naka area have been identified. In Manesar, the focus will be on master sector roads constructed by HSIIDC and major roads under GMDA.The initiative follows a December 26 inspection by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), which examined 125 roads in Gurugram. The inspection found excessive dust generation on 34 roads, moderate dust on 58 roads and low dust on 29 roads, while only four roads were found to be free of airborne dust. Based on the findings and rising pollution levels, the NGT directed that roads in seven Haryana cities within the NCR be made dust-free.Senior officials said the redesign exercise will be finalised by consultants after discussions with stakeholders and analysis of traffic inputs before submission of the final report.