GURGAON: With festival season around the corner, mall visitors in the city could not have got a better gift: MG Road will soon be free from encroachment with spruced up green belts and dedicated service lanes. The district administration on Wednesday declared parking on the service lanes as unauthorized and said these lanes will be made available to commuters with-in a week. This move will not only decongest the area but also enhance the landscape, said R K Kataria, deputy commissioner.

He visited MG Road on Wednesday to review the progress, accompanied by HUDA administrator Nitin Yadav. In order to do-away with traffic jams and solve parking woes of mall visitors, an official said, a survey would be conducted to asses the parking areas available in the malls and other buildings on the stretch. Mall visitors will then be asked to park their vehicles in designated areas. To make this happen, a meeting of mall owners and other stakeholders will be conducted soon, the official added. An amount of Rs 10 crore had been sanctioned for repairing of the road. Footpaths have already been constructed, said Yadav.

Officials said the works related to sewer lines and storm water drainage pipes was completed in the service lanes area. Residents in the area, who want sewer and drainage connection, can now apply to HUDA office. Now that side infrastructure is ready, road repair on service lanes will also be completed soon, an official added.