India, April 7 -- A project that had long come to symbolise delay and administrative gridlock in the heart of the Capital has finally been unlocked. The ITPO Tunnel - Underpass 5 at Pragati Maidan has now received its final and most critical clearance, with the Indian Railways granting the long-pending NOC, PWD minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Monday.

With this, all major technical and inter-agency hurdles that had kept the project stuck for years have now been resolved. The underpass, a key link in Delhi's central traffic network, is now firmly back on track and will be completed by December 2026, he informed.

Speaking on the development, the minister said, "This project had been stuck for years due to pending clearances and lack o...