India, March 3 -- Heaps of dust continue to blanket Gurugram's major arterial and internal roads, including the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR), Golf Course Extension Road and Sector 102 Road connecting to the Dwarka expressway, residents said on Monday, a day after they staged a protest over poor dust mitigation measures on the SPR.

The protest on Sunday was triggered by ongoing construction of leg IV of the stormwater master drain along a 5.2 km stretch of the SPR. Residents alleged that excavation along the main carriageway, particularly on a 4km stretch between Vatika Chowk in Sector 69 and the SPR, has led to excessive dust, posing health risks to daily commuters.

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) had in January issue...