Amritsar Jamnagar Economic Corridor, nearly 1,400 km long, 6-lane wide corridor including the upgraded existing 215 km long NH54, the 915.85 km long greenfield AmritsarâÂÂJamnagar Expressway (EC3) NH754A, and the upgraded existing 245 km long Santalpur-Jamnagar NH27 and NH151A national highway, will reduce the travel time between Amritsar and Jamnagar from earlier 26 hours to only 13 hours while passing through four states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Built under the Bharatmala project, the route is strategically important, as it will connect 3 big oil refineries (HMEL Bathinda, the HPCL Barmer and the RIL Jamnagar); 2 power plants (Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant at Bathinda and Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant at Sri Ganganagar); 7 seaports (one major international port at Kandla Port and 6 intermediate ports at Mandvi, Navlakhi, Bedi, Sikka, Jodia, and Okha); 8 airports (Amritsar, Bathinda, Sirsa AFS, Bikaner, Bhuj, Kandla, Mundra, and Jamnagar); and defence airbases.
The expressway will meet the Ludhiana-Bathinda-Ajmer Expressway of the PathankotâÂÂAjmer Economic Corridor at Bathinda.
This expressway is a part of Bharatmala's Phase-I, which is funded by the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) in phases.
In October 2018, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) was completed. In October 2019, bids were invited for various phases of the expressway, and land acquisition starts in October 2020 for the AmritsarâÂÂBathinda greenfield stretch of the expressway, and the construction work began in April 2021.
The NHAI awarded the construction work of the greenfield expressway in 30 packages (stretches) to the following construction companies, CDS Infra Projects, Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon (DRA), Gawar Construction, GR Infraprojects, JiangXi Construction â MKC Infrastructure JV, Krishna Construction, Lakshmi Infrastructure & Developers, NG Projects, NKC Projects, Raj Shyama Constructions, Raj Shyama Constructions - RCC Developers JV, Ravi Infrabuild Projects, VRC - VCL - CIL JV, VRC Constructions - S&P Infrastructure Developers JV.
The expressway will be the first expressway in India, connecting three oil refineries of Bathinda, Barmer and Jamnagar. The Barmer Refinery is set to be completed by March 2023. Nearly 50% of the length of the expressway, i.e, 637 km falls under Rajasthan. The total project value including the land acquisition cost is nearly â¹80,000 crores.
In Punjab, it will start at Tibba village in Kapurthala district on DelhiâÂÂAmritsarâÂÂKatra Expressway (NE-5A), and will end near Punjab-Haryana border in Bathinda district on NH-54. The expressway on the TibbaâÂÂMogaâÂÂBathinda stretch was re-planned by the NHAI to make it a greenfield expressway.
In Haryana, it will run entirely in the Sirsa district and it will not be access controlled. It will enter at Mandi Dabwali and exit at Haryana/Rajasthan border at Chautala village.
In Rajasthan, it will enter through the Sangaria town in Hanumangarh district. From there it will pass through Bikaner district, Jodhpur district and Barmer district, before exiting Rajasthan at Sanchore town in Jalore district.
In Gujarat, it will enter at Vantdau in Banaskantha district, run through Patan district. From there the existing National Highway Network takes the route to Kutch district and Morbi district before finally ending at Jamnagar district.
The construction work of the expressway has been divided into 8 sections (5 greenfield alignment and 3 brownfield upgrades). With a total of 30 construction packages each with a construction period of 2 years. The projects is expected to be completed by September 2023.
Amritsar-Jamnagar Corridor also connects to the DelhiâÂÂAmritsarâÂÂKatra Expressway via Ludhiana-Bhathinda spur and Amritsar Ring Road. As related but separate projects, from Samakhiali the existing highways Samakhiali-Bhachau-Bhimasar-Gandhidham-Mundra, Bhachau-Bhuj, Bhimasar-Anjar-Ratnal-Bhuj will also be upgraded to provide connectivity to other ports and cities.