The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the development of 8 important National High Speed Corridor projects with a length of 936 km at a cost of £5.06 bn across the country. Implementation of these 8 projects will generate an estimated 44.2 mn mandays of direct and indirect employment.
Among these 8 project, one is 6-Lane Tharad – Deesa – Mehsana – Ahmedabad national high-speed corridor.
This 214-km 6-lane high-speed corridor will be developed in build – operate – transfer (BOT) mode at a total capital cost of £1.05 bn. The Tharad – Ahmedabad corridor will provide connectivity between two key national corridors in the state of Gujarat, viz, Amritsar – Jamnagar corridor and Delhi – Mumbai Expressway, thereby providing seamless connectivity for the freight vehicles originating from industrial regions of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan to the major ports in Maharashtra (JNPT, Mumbai and newly-sanctioned Vadhavan port). The corridor will also provide connectivity to key tourist destinations in Rajasthan (Mehrangarh Fort, Dilwara Temple, etc.) and Gujarat (Rani ka Vav, Ambaji Temple, etc.). It will further reduce the distance between Tharad and Ahmedabad by 20% and the travel time by 60%, thereby improving logistics efficiency.
