Opening the expressway without the mandatory safety tests could lead to frequent accidents and even deaths, the officials said.

A LOT LEFT

• THE EXPRESSWAY project is yet to get the mandatory completion certificate from Railways' consultancy wing RITES.
  
• THE CERTIFICATE is handed over only after the statutory tests and pending works are completed.
  
• PENDING WORK: Traffic regulatory mechanism, operation and maintenance team for corridor management not in place. ONE CAN see scaffoldings mounted on the toll plazas - meaning work is on.

A senior NHAI official said the entire 27.7 km stretch of the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway and RTR flyover would be opened at one go. "A number of statutory safety tolling and other , tests are underway These tests are not only the .

part of the agreement between the NHAI and the developer, but are also in the interest of the commuters," the official said.

H.S. Kohli, director of developer DS Constructions, said: "We are in the final leg of the project but in the middle of conducting very crucial and mandatory tests."

"It would not be in the interest of the commuters to open the RTR-Palam flyover now as traffic movement would become so slow that it would lead to traffic jams at Parade Road, RTR Road as well as the border toll plaza where work is underway," he added.