India, July 11 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta has written to Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Jairam Gadkari, urging him to declare the 8.8-km Mandi Road in south Delhi a National Highway and hand over its development to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

In her letter, the chief minister said the road is a key transport corridor in Delhi-NCR. It connects the Mehrauli-Gurugram Road (NH-148A) near Chhatarpur Metro Station with the Gurugram-Faridabad Road at the Delhi-Haryana border.

She said theroad is a key link between Delhi, Gurugram and Faridabad and carries significant inter-state traffic.

The chief minister noted that the Governing Body of the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure...