News: Three Routes Shortlisted for Gurugram-Jhajjar Highway-16-07-2026
Three possible alignments for a proposed highway linking Gurugram, Farrukhnagar and Jhajjar were identified by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Thursday and forwarded to its headquarters for a decision by the alignment approval committee, officials said.
One option is to widen the existing four-lane road between Wazirpur and Jhajjar to six lanes with service roads on both sides. The other two are greenfield highways from Harsaru to Jhajjar on separate alignments. The corridor is expected to start near the Harsaru bypass on the Gurugram-Pataudi Road (NH-352W).
The 33-km road is currently state highway 15A. After the Haryana government asked the Union ministry of road transport and highways to upgrade it, it was decided that NHAI would develop it as a six-lane national highway, officials said.
A senior NHAI official said a greenfield route, if chosen, would be an access-controlled highway on the lines of the Dwarka Expressway. The project is estimated to cost between Rs 3,500 crore and Rs 4,000 crore.
An NHAI assessment says widening would need around 160 hectares of land, and either greenfield option around 200 hectares. The official said one alignment has around 17.2 hectares of government land, the second about 2.5 hectares and the third a negligible amount. A consultant was appointed in May this year.
NHAI officials said the highway will ease congestion and strengthen links with the under-construction Gurugram-Pataudi-Rewari highway.
Rahul Yadav, a Farrukh Nagar resident who commutes daily to Badshapur, said 30 kms now takes around 1.5 hours and that a new road should be built.
