Jaipur Ring Road
Jaipur Ring Road (Southern Corridor)
47 km
Open
Rajasthan
Expressway
Route
Jaipur Ring Road runs 47 km from Ajmer Road (NH 48), Jaipur to Agra Road (NH 21), Jaipur.
Crosses Rajasthan.
Through Bhankrota, Muhana, Vatika and Goner.
Why it matters
Jaipur sits where several of India's busiest highways meet, and for decades all that through-traffic had to thread past the old city. The ring road takes trucks and long-distance buses out of those streets, cutting jams and pollution in one of India's most visited cities. It has also opened up the villages south of Jaipur to warehousing, factories and new housing.
History
The Jaipur Ring Road is a bypass that curves around the southern side of Jaipur, joining the three big highways that leave the city towards Ajmer, Tonk and Agra. It was built by the Jaipur Development Authority so that trucks and long-distance traffic no longer need to squeeze through the crowded Pink City, whose old walled centre was never meant for lorries. The project was first awarded in 2011 but got stuck for years in land disputes with farmers along the alignment. The first 27 km, from Ajmer Road to Tonk Road, finally opened in 2019, and the rest of the southern corridor followed in 2020. It was built wide — six lanes with three-lane service roads on each side — and the strip of land beside it has been earmarked for new development. A northern corridor to turn the arc into a full circle is being planned jointly by NHAI and the JDA.
Good to know
- A 47 km arc south of Jaipur linking the Ajmer, Tonk and Agra highways.
- Built as a six-lane, access-controlled road with service lanes on both sides.
- The project was delayed for years by land disputes before opening in 2019–2020.
- A northern corridor of roughly 45 km is planned to complete the ring around Jaipur.
- It joins three national highways — NH 48 to Ajmer and Delhi, NH 52 to Tonk and Kota, and NH 21 to Dausa and Agra.
- It lets traffic between Delhi, Agra, Kota and Ahmedabad pass Jaipur without entering the city at all.
Timeline
- 2011Construction contract for the southern corridor awarded
- 2019First 27 km, from Ajmer Road to Tonk Road, inaugurated
- 2020Remaining Tonk Road–Agra Road section opens, completing the 47 km southern corridor
- 2022NHAI and the JDA take up planning for the northern corridor that would close the ring
Key junctions
- Ajmer Road junction, near Bhankrota — western end, on NH 48 — the Delhi–Jaipur–Ajmer–Ahmedabad highway
- Tonk Road junction — meets NH 52 heading to Tonk and Kota, and the road to Jaipur airport
- Agra Road junction — eastern end, on NH 21 toward Dausa, Bharatpur and Agra
On the road
Driving the full arc takes about 45 minutes to an hour and saves a long, slow crawl through Jaipur. It is the standard route for trucks and for anyone driving between the Delhi/Agra side and the Ajmer or Kota side. Local traffic, tractors and two-wheelers use the service roads, so watch for vehicles joining at the slip lanes.
What’s coming next
- A northern corridor of about 45 km from Bagrana to Achrol, estimated at around ₹2,887 crore, is planned by NHAI and the JDA to complete the ring.
- The northern corridor is designed as a six-lane access-controlled expressway with three-lane service roads on both sides, inside a strip of land about 360 m wide that leaves room for development on either side.
More details
- Lanes
- 6-lane main carriageway with service roads on both sides