New Delhi, July 10 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has written to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, urging him to declare the strategically important Mandi Road in South Delhi as a National Highway and hand over its development to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

In her letter, the Chief Minister highlighted that the approximately 8.8-kilometre-long Mandi Road is a crucial transport corridor in the Delhi-NCR region, connecting Mehrauli-Gurugram Road (NH-148A) near Chhatarpur Metro Station with Gurugram-Faridabad Road at the Delhi-Haryana border.

The Delhi CM said the route serves as a crucial link between the National Capital Region of Delhi and neighbouring economic hubs such as Gurugram ...