India, May 29 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved the repair of the 30-year-old master sewage pipeline running underneath the Sohna Road's Rajiv Chowk-Sheeshpal Vihar stretch, officials said.

NHAI officials said that a tender for the Rs.58-crore Cured In Place Pipe (CIPP) project will be floated within the next three months.

On May 6, a portion of the stretch near Subash Chowk caved in after the pipeline collapsed, prompting authorities to barricade one of the lanes of the main carriageway. This was the sixth cave-in on the same stretch over the past three years due to the debilitated condition of the sewer line.

Yogesh Tilak, project director, NHAI (Rewari PIU) said: "The proposal has been approved. Now we ...