Delhi–Jaipur Highway or NH48Delhi Jaipur Express is a model of excellence
Daily Pioneer, Nov 2018. is a , eight-lane,

Highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...

, connecting

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

with

Jaipur Jaipur (; , ) is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the List of cities and towns in Rajasthan, largest city of the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had ...

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. It starts from Kherki Toll Plaza in

Gurugram Gurgaon (), officially named Gurugram (), is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest o ...

and terminate near Daulatpura Toll Plaza at

. Several Industrial Model Township(IMT) were developed along the highway in 1990's, four in

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

Manesar Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, known as New gurgaon city in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an Industrial Model Township home to factories and ...

Pataudi Pataudi is a town, a tehsil and one of the 4 sub-divisions of Gurugram district, in the Indian state of Haryana, within the boundaries of the National Capital Region of India. It is located southwest of Gurugram city. Gurgaon-Pataudi road, k ...

Bawal Bawal is a big industrial town located, near Rewari city in Rewari district in Indian state of Haryana. It lies in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. It is located on national highway NH 48 (formerly called NH 8), 11 km from ...

and Dharuhera Industrial estate, and five in

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

Bhiwadi Bhiwadi is a planned city in Khairthal-Tijara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan and a Part of National Capital Region of Delhi. It is located 32 from Khairthal- Tijara city, the district headquarters, 85 km away from the city of ...

, Behror,

Kotputli Kotputli is a city and municipal council in Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan, India, located between Jaipur city and New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territo ...

, Shahapura and Chomu.

History

The Delhi-Jaipur Highway was widened in 2007 as a National Highway passing through 423 villages of 11

tehsils A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ce ...

in 7 districts of

and

. The total land required for the project was . The cost includes

₹ The Indian rupee sign ⟨₹⟩ is the currency symbol for the Indian rupee (ISO 4217: INR), the official currency of India. Designed by D. Udaya Kumar, it was presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010, following its ...

6,350

crore Crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (107) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the India ...

s for civil works, ₹5,000 crores for resettlement and rehabilitation of affected individuals, and ₹50.60 crores for environment budget.

Alignment

* In

** Kherki Toll Plaza in

, serves IMT Manesar **

Western Peripheral Expressway The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction),cloverleaf interchange A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange (road), interchange in which all turns are handled by slip roads. To go left (in right-hand traffic; reverse directions in left-driving regions), vehicles first continue as one road passe ...

at Pachgaon, serves Industrial Township at

Dharuhera Dharuhera is a census town located, just 19 km from Rewari, Rewari city in Rewari district of the state of Haryana, India. Dharuhera comes under Delhi NCR region and it is a big Industrial hub in Rewari district, Rewari District. Dharuhera is the ...

intersection with NH919

Rewari Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the district headquarters of Rewari district. It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from DelhiSohna Sohna is a town and a municipal council in the Gurugram district of Haryana, India. A popular tourist weekend and conference retreat, it is on the highway from Gurugram to Alwar near a vertical rock. Sohna is known for its hot springs and Sh ...

, serves Dharuhera Industrial Township and

Industrial complex **

, serves IMT Bawal * In

** NH15 T-intersection at Bawad ** Behror interchange with RJ SH 14

Narnaul Narnaul is a city, a Municipal Council, and location of headquarters of the Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located in the National Capital Region of India. History & etymology During the early vedic period o ...

Alwar Alwar ( Rajasthani Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (NCR) and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km ...

, serves Nangal Choudhary Integrated Multimodel Logistics Hub **

interchange at NH37B to

Neem-Ka-Thana Neem Ka Thana is a city in Sikar district located 73 km from Sikar City in the Shekhawati region in the Rajasthan state of India. Sikar, Udaipurwati, Khandela, Sri Madhopur, Kotputli, Khetri, and Narnaul are some major cities and t ...

** Shahpura industrial township ** Chomu industrial township **

interchanges at NH52, NH2C and NH48

Future: Delhi–Jaipur New Expressway (Delhi-Jaipur Super Expressway)

NH-352B Delhi-Jaipur Super Expressway will be a 195kms long greenfield expressway as an alternative to the existing "NH48 Delhi-Jaipur Expressway". This new 8 lane on each carriageway (expandable to 16 lanes) super expressway will start from the Kherki Dhaula Toll Plaza on Dwarka Expressway in New Gurgaon, go via IMT Bawal and end at Chandwaji on NH48 in Rajasthan. It will reduce the distance between the two cities by around 40 km. In 2006–07, the

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is a ministry of the Government of India, that is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to road transport, transport research and in al ...

of the UPA government conceive this project. In 2011, detailed project planning commenced. In 2012,

and

Governments approved the proposed alignment. In 2015, the Highway Minister

Nitin Gadkari Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...

expedited ₹32,800 crores stalled project, by revising the alignment so that the expressway starts from Kherki Dhaula Toll Plaza instead of originally planned point of origin at

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of ,

References

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History

Alignment

Future: Delhi–Jaipur New Expressway (Delhi-Jaipur Super Expressway)

See also

References