India, March 5 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday announced that the state government will initiate land acquisition to expedite development of long-pending 24 metre wide internal roads in sectors 58 to 115 of Gurugram, seeking to address connectivity gaps in the city's rapidly expanding areas.

In his budget speech, Saini said several licensed colonies lack proper wide roads connecting them to other parts of the city, with hundreds dependent on narrow two karam 3.3 metre and four karam 6.7 metre roads. "Lakhs of families have suffered due to this issue. A permanent solution to this problem will be worked out this year," he said.

He noted that during Master Plan 2001, Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran acquired land and...