The expressway for the
"Ludhiana–Ajmer Economic Corridor (EC-8)" was redesigned and broken into the following 3 different expressways:
Pathankot-Ludhiana Expressway It is already part of another larger standalone greenfield
Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway project.
Ludhiana–Bathinda Expressway "Ludhiana–Bathinda Expressway" is an approved 75.543 km long standalone greenfield project. It begins from the
Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway at
"Ballowal" village 10 km southwest of Ludhiana and end at the
Rampura Phul near Bathinda on the
"Amritsar–Bathinda Expressway" section of the larger
"Amritsar–Jamnagar Expressway". • Package-1 on Bathinda side: ends at Rampura Phul on
NH-7 between Bathinda–
Barnala. • Package-2 on Ludhiana side: begins at Ballowal on Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway and ending near Sehna near Barnala. Includes connectivity to the
Ludhiana International Airport.
Bhatinda–Ajmer Expressway "Bhatinda–Ajmer Expressway", approved by NHAI in May 2018 as a standalone greenfield project, will reduce the existing distance between Bhatinda and Ajmer by 120 km. Project is mix of greenfield and brownfield upgrade and greenfield: • Bhatinda-Bhanin greenfield: via
Sirsa (Jodhkan and Rampura Dhillon),
Bhadra. • Bhanin-Fatehpur brownfield upgrade of
NH-703: via
Taranagar,
Churu,
Shekhawati, between Salasar-
Sikar. • Fatehpur to Ajmer greenfield: via
Kuchaman City,
Makrana.
Punjab Existing NH route passes through 2 districts. •
Bathinda district • Bathinda, begins at Rampura Phul on
NH-7 between Bathinda–
Barnala. • Rampura Phul to Maur via existing
NH-254. •
Mansa district •
Sardulgarh on
NH-703 Mansa-
Sirsa, greenfield alignment from Maur to twin towns of Rori-Sardulgarh on Punjab-Haryana border.
Haryana Greenfield alignment passes through 1 district: •
Sirsa district •
Rori in Haryana on SH-17 Rori-
Talwandi Sabo and SH-101 Rori-
Mandi Dabwali. •
Sirsa (east of), near
Jodhka on
NH-9 Sirsa-Hisar-Delhi. • Sirsa (south of), near
Nathusari Chopta on SH-103 Sirsa-Bhadra and SH-104
Nohar-
Bhattu Mandi. •
Rampura Dhillon in Haryana on SH-17 Rori-Talwandi Sabo and SH-101 Rori-
Mandi Dabwali.
Rajasthan Greenfield alignment and upgrade of existing route passes through 5 districts. The following is greenfield route except where upgrade to existing route is mentioned. •
Hanumangarh district • between
Gogamedi–
Bhadra. •
Churu district • SH-31 between
Sahwa and Bhadra, upgrade of existing SH. •
Bhanin on SH-36 between Sahwa and
Taranagar, upgrade of existing SH. • Taranagar on SH-6 between
Sardarshahar and
Rajgarh (Sadulpur). •
Churu, upgrade of existing SH-36 from Taranagar to Churu. •
Sikar district •
Fatehpur, from Churu via exiting
NH-52. •
Laxmangarh between Salasar-
Shekhawati, from Fatehpur via exiting
NH-58. •
Sewad Bari toll plaza on SH-20, between Haneri and
Shekhawati. •
Losal on MDR-24 between
Didwana and Khoor. •
Nagaur district •
Kuchaman City (north of), at Ranasar on SH-7. • SH-7, upgrade of existing SH route from Kuchaman City-
Parbatsar. •
Ajmer district • SH-7, upgrade of existing SH route from Parbatsar-
Kishangarh. • Ajmer, from Kishangarh to Ajmer via existing
NH-448. ==Inter-connectivity==