Delhi–Jaipur Highway or NH48[1][2] is a 242-kilometre-long (150 mi), eight-lane, Highway, connecting Delhi with Jaipur in India.[3] It starts from Kherki Toll Plaza in Gurugram and terminate near Daulatpura Toll Plaza at Jaipur.[4]
Several Industrial Model Township(IMT) were developed along the highway in 1990's, four in Haryana at Manesar, Pataudi, Bawal and Dharuhera Industrial estate, and five in Rajasthan at Bhiwadi, Behror, Kotputli, Shahapura and Chomu.[5][6]
The Delhi-Jaipur Highway was widened in 2007 as a National Highway passing through 423 villages of 11 tehsils in 7 districts of Haryana and Rajasthan.[7] The total land required for the project was 1,755.9 hectares (4,339 acres).[8] The cost includes ₹6,350 crores for civil works, ₹5,000 crores for resettlement and rehabilitation of affected individuals,[9] and ₹50.60 crores for environment budget.
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 of the UPA government conceive this project.[10] In 2011, detailed project planning commenced.[11] In 2012, Haryana and Rajasthan Governments approved the proposed alignment.[12] In 2015, the Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari expedited ₹32,800 crores stalled project,[13] 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.[8]