Delhi–Mumbai Expressway


The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is an under construction,, eight-lane-wide, access-controlled, greenfield expressway connecting India's national capital New Delhi to its financial capital Mumbai, which cuts down the 24 hours Delhi-Mumbai travel time to 12 hours. Delhi–Mumbai Expressway connects the Sohna Elevated Corridor, Delhi to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra via Dausa, Kota, Ratlam, Vadodara and Surat. It passes through the Union territory of Delhi and the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. The main length of the expressway from Sohna to Virar is 1,198 km, it's two extensions on either ends, DND–Faridabad–KMP and Virar–JNPT, increase its length to 1,350 km. It also has two greenfield spurs, 32-km long 6-lane Faridabad–Jewar Expressway and 67 km long 4-lane Bandikui–Jaipur Expressway, taking the network length to 1450 km.

History

Timeline

On 20 March 2018, the contract was awarded by the NHAI for the 24 km-long Package-1 of the Vadodara–Virar section in Gujarat to IRB Infrastructure,m and construction work commenced in December 2018. In March 2019, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for the DND–KMP section on 1 March 2019, and the Sohna–Vadodara & Virar–JNPT sections on 8 March 2019.
In October 2021, the NHAI began design work of the 30 km long side spur connecting the Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, with Ballabhgarh, Haryana on this expressway.

Construction

Financing and SPV

The total project value, including the land acquisition cost, is around ₹1,00,000 crores. The National Highways Authority of India has formed a wholly owned special-purpose vehicle, named DME Development Limited, to finance the construction and operation of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway by diversifying its resource base to develop a sustainable and self-liquidating approach to raise finances. The toll on the projects housed in the SPV is collected by NHAI and the SPV gets the annuity payments without any construction and tolling risks.

Construction phases

The entire 1,350 km long Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is divided into 4 sections with a total of 52 construction packages/tenders.
SectionLength in kmNo. of packagesState-wise packages
DND–Faridabad–KMP59031 in Delhi and 2 in Haryana
Sohna–KMP–Vadodara844313 in Haryana, 13 in Rajasthan, 9 in Madhya Pradesh and 6 in Gujarat
Vadodara–Virar3541310 in Gujarat and 3 in Maharashtra
Virar–JNPT92055 in Maharashtra
Total1,3505206 States

= List of Packages & Status =
The NHAI had awarded the construction work in 52 packages to around 20 construction companies. Around 15,000 hectares of land were acquired for this project. Status as of 14 January, 2026.
DELHI-VADODARA SECTION
Package NamePackage Length Name of ContractorStateCurrent Status
1.18APCO InfratechHaryanaOperational
2.29APCO InfratechHaryanaOperational
3.32Centrodorstroy IndiaHaryanaOperational
4.37HG InfraRajasthanOperational
5.36KCC BuildconRajasthanOperational
6.31KCC BuildconRajasthanOperational
7.31Gawar ConstructionsRajasthanOperational
8.33HG InfraRajasthanOperational
9.46HG InfraRajasthanOperational
10.26Dhaya Maju Infra - Cresent EPC ProjectsRajasthan96%
11.12Larsen & ToubroRajasthan100%
12.28GR InfraRajasthanOperational
13.29CDS Infra ProjectsRajasthanOperational
14.31Dhaya Maju Infra - Cresent EPC ProjectsRajasthanOperational
15.8Dilip Buildcon - Altis Holding CorpRajasthan85%
16.25DRA InfraconRajasthanOperational
17.32JiangXi Construction - MKC InfraMadhya PradeshOperational
18.33GR InfraMadhya PradeshOperational
19.30JiangXi Construction - MKC InfraMadhya PradeshOperational
20.25GHV IndiaMadhya PradeshOperational
21.30GR InfraMadhya PradeshOperational
22.25Larsen & ToubroMadhya PradeshOperational
23.25GR InfraMadhya PradeshOperational
24.21GR InfraMadhya PradeshOperational
25.23GR InfraMadhya PradeshOperational
26.30Atlas Construction - NKCGujarat77%
27.29GHV IndiaGujarat100%
28.26GHV IndiaGujarat100%
29.23PNC InfratechGujarat100%
30.22Patel InfrastructureGujarat100%
31.19PNC InfratechGujarat100%

VADODARA-VIRAR-JNTP Spur SECTIONS
Package NamePackage Length Name of ContractorStateCurrent Status
1.24IRB InfraGujaratOperational
2.32IRCONGujaratOperational
3.31Patel InfrastructureGujaratOperational
4.13Ashoka BuildconGujaratOperational
5.25Sadbhav Engineering-Gawar ConstructionGujaratOperational
6.37GR InfraGujaratOperational
7.28IRB InfraGujaratOperational
8.35Roadways Solutions IndiaGujarat5%
9.27Roadways Solutions IndiaGujarat10%
10.25Roadways Solutions IndiaGujarat42%
11.26RKC InfrabuildMaharashtra100%
12.26MontecarloMaharashtra91%
13.24GR InfraMaharashtra89%
14.17IRCONMaharashtra82%
15.23Agroh InfrastructureMaharashtra90%
16.27Shivalaya ConstructionMaharashtra84%
17.10IRCONMaharashtra90%
18.18Merged with MSRDC CorridorMaharashtra

DND-Faridabad-KMP Spur SECTIONS
Package NamePackage Length Name of ContractorStateCurrent Status
1.9DRA InfraconHaryana96%
2.25DRA InfraconHaryanaOperational
3.26DRA InfraconHaryanaOperational
Jewar Spur31APCO InfratechHaryana/Uttar Pradesh60%

Route alignment

At the Delhi end, the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway has two main entry/exit points: DND Flyway, Maharani Bagh in Delhi and Alipur village, north of Sohna in Haryana. Traffic coming from both ends and moving towards Vadodara / Mumbai will merge at the double trumpet interchange with KMP Expressway at Khalilpur village of Haryana. The greenfield alignment is as follows:

Section 1: DND–Faridabad–KMP">:DND–KMP Expressway">DND–Faridabad–KMP

[NCT of Delhi] (12 km)

[Haryana]-I (47 km)

Section 2: Sohna–KMP–Vadodara

[Haryana]-II (79 km)

[Rajasthan] (373 km)

[Madhya Pradesh] (244 km)

[Gujarat]-I (149 km)

Section 3: Vadodara–Virar

[Gujarat]-II (277 km)

[Maharashtra]-I (79 km)

  • Gujarat-Maharashtra border
  • Virar

Section 4: Virar–JNPT

[Maharashtra]-II (92 km)

This section forms eastern semi-circle around Mumbai.

Side spurs

The expressway will have multiple side spurs in the future, which will help commuters to connect with other major cities which are not directly connected on the main route.

Faridabad–Jewar spur

Faridabad–Jewar Expressway: 32-km long, 6 lane, greenfield side spur connecting Sector-65 of Faridabad bypass in Haryana with Noida International Airport in Jewar. In July 2022, the NHAI awarded the construction work.

Bandikui-Jaipur spur

Bandikui–Jaipur Expressway: 67 km long, 4-lane, greenfield spur from Bandikui to Jaipur.

Special features

The various special features of the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway are as follows.

Expandable to 12 lanes

Land for an additional four lanes is reserved in the middle of the road for future expansion from 8 lanes to 12 lanes, along with the space for utilities, plantation and public transport on both sides. This expressway, along with Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is a vital backbone of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.

Wayside Amenities

The expressway will have Wayside Amenities at 93 places having facilities like ATM, hotels, retail shops, food courts, charging stations for electric vehicles and fuel stations. It will also be the first expressway in India to have helipads and fully equipped trauma centers at every 100 km for accident victims. Although this is planned, actual implementation and building of wayside amenities has been very slow, and it is usually advised to stock up on food, water and fuel before entering the motorway.

Electric highway

On 25 March 2021, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said in Lok Sabha that there is a plan to develop a stretch of this expressway as an e-highway where trucks and buses can run at a speed of 120 km/hour, which will bring down the logistics cost by 70% as heavy vehicles will run on electricity instead of diesel. National Highways Authority of India has started the construction of this project, and is expected to be completed by March 2022. It will also have 4 dedicated lanes for electric vehicles in the entire expressway, out of 8 lanes.

Environment friendly

It is being developed as an environment-friendly expressway with a tree cover of 20 lakh trees, watered with drip irrigation along the entire stretch with a rainwater harvesting system at every 500 metres. Expressway will be lit using a mix of power supply from state grids and Solar energy.

Wildlife crossings

A combined length of 2.5 km of this 8-lane wide expressway will have run under 5 natural-looking wildlife crossings on the stretches identified as the known wildlife corridors between tiger reserves. One of these crossings will be a tunnel in Mukundara Hills National Park, which will be the country's first 8-lane wide tunnel. This will be the first expressway in India to have wildlife crossings. The crossing over the expressway will have 8 meters tall noise barrier walls on either side, and the uncovered stretch of expressway passing through the wildlife corridor will have 6-foot tall walls on both sides of the expressway to prevent animals and pedestrians from entering to minimize the impact of traffic zipping past at speeds up to 120 km/hour. This expressway runs through Aravalli Wildlife corridors especially affecting corridors in four Tiger Reserves of Rajasthan, namely Sariska Tiger Reserve, Mukundara Hills National Park, Ranthambore National Park and Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary, all of which are important Tiger reserves of India. There is overcrowding at Ranthambore, and tigers have migrated to other sanctuaries and reserves via the Aravalli wildlife corridor, for example, at least 3 tigers have migrated out of Ranthambore to Ramgarh since 2013.
Wildlife experts have expressed concerns as there are not sufficient wildlife crossings on this very wide 8-lane expressway, especially between Sariska and Ranthambore reserves as well as Sariska reserve and leopard habitat forests of Delhi-Gurugram-Faridabad-Nuh in Delhi NCR. This area is also a part of the leopard corridor of NCR. Additional wildlife crossings are needed at several locations, such as on the alignment near Faridabad, hills east of Bhadas, hills near Firozpur Jhirka, Naugaon, Dohli, near Alwar and Sariska, Nangal Todiyal, Bandikui, Dausa, Chhateda, etc.

Inter-connectivity

Delhi–Haryana-UP NCR

The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will be directly connected with various other expressways like the Delhi–Noida Direct Flyway in Delhi, Western Peripheral Expressway in Haryana, Eastern Peripheral Expressway (which will connect it to the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway in Haryana.

Haryana-Rajasthan

Paniyala -Alwar-Barodameo 86.5 km long 6-lane access-controlled National Highway, will also connect Delhi–Mumbai Expressway to the Trans-Haryana Expressway via the NH-148B. Paniyala-Alwar-Barodameo Highway, 86 km 6-lane highway costing ₹2876.42 crore including land acquisition, with 23 10m wide and 3m high wildlife underpasses for leopards and tigers of Sariska Tiger Reserve and 46 vehicle underpasses, started construction in March 2024 which by February 2025 was 15% complete and had already acquired 60 km of required total 86 km land, has target completion date of 2026.
NH-248A Nuh-Alwar National Highway, is being upgraded from single-lane to 3-lane highway with paved shoulder, with construction starting from September 2025 and 24 months expected completion by September 2027.

Rajasthan-UP

Alwar-Agra Expressway, proposed mix of greenfield and brownfield upgrade, commenced DPR preparation in 2025 which proposed 3 route options including via Bharatpur to Agra where it will connect to Agra-Gwalior Expressway.
NH-530B Deeg-Govardhan-Govardhan-Mathura was upgraded in 2025 to 4-lane highway with paved shoulders as part of wider Deeg-Govardhan-Mathura-Bareilly national highway.

Rajasthan–MP–Maharashtra–Telangana

"NH-148NG Kota–Indore Expressway" will connect it to Hyderabad–Indore Expressway, which will intersect Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway at Akola.

Gujarat

It will connect to Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway and at Ahmedabad it will connect to Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway. At Surat, it will connect to Surat–Chennai Expressway.

Maharashtra

It will be connected with Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway, Mumbai–Pune Expressway and NH-66 Mumbai-Goa Expressway.

Timeline

Mar 2018: Contract awarded by the NHAI on 20 March for 24 km-long Package-1 of the Vadodara–Virar section in Gujarat to IRB Infrastructure.Dec 2018: Construction work started on the Narmada River by Ashoka Buildcon on 10 December. It is part of Package-4 of the Vadodara–Virar section.Jan 2019: Land acquisition work is at last stage in Haryana. Construction work starts for Package-1 and 2 of the Vadodara–Virar section, while work on the Sohna–Vadodara section will start soon.Mar 2019: Foundation stone laid by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for the DND–KMP section on 1 March 2019 and the Sohna–Vadodara & Virar–JNPT sections on 8 March 2019. Construction work awarded for 148 km, 400 km of work to be awarded in a month and the rest 800 km of work to be awarded in the next 6 months. The ₹90,000 crores expressway will take about 3 years to complete.Sep 2019: Construction work on the Sohna–Vadodara section starts on 5 September for Package-3 and on 13 September for Package-1 & 2. All 3 packages are in Haryana.Jun 2020: 497 km under construction, 162 km of work awarded, 569 km under the bidding process. Detailed Project Report to be prepared for 92 km long Virar–JNPT section.Aug 2020: Contracts awarded for all 3 packages of 59 km long DND–Faridabad–KMP section to DRA Infracon. It will pass through DND Flyway, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh and KMP Expressway.Oct 2020: Soil testing work started in Faridabad on DND–Faridabad–KMP section. Contracts awarded in Maharashtra for Packages 11, 12 & 13 of Vadodara–Virar section on 15 October 2020.Apr 2021: 710 km under-construction. Work awarded by NHAI for 41 out of 52 construction packages.July 2021: 350 km has been constructed, 825 km is under-construction and Tenders for the remaining 7 out of 52 packages to be awarded before March 2022: Nitin Gadkari said in Rajya Sabha.Aug 2021: A link road will be constructed which will connect Sector-65, Faridabad in Haryana on this expressway to the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh.Sep 2021: The construction work of the steel bridge over Narmada river near Bharuch in Gujarat has been completed in a record time of 32 months: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
  • Oct 2021: NHAI begins design work of the 30 km long side spur connecting Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh with Ballabhgarh, Haryana on this expressway.Mar 2022: Segment Launcher started erection of concrete structures in Delhi on 21 March. It is a part of DND–Faridabad–KMP section in which 7 km out of 9 km will be elevated.Mar 2022: GR Infraprojects Ltd emerges as the lowest bidder to construct and operate the 67 km long Bandikui–Jaipur spur section.July 2022: Tender for Faridabad bypass to Jewar Airport has been awarded by the NHAI to Apco Infratech Pvt. Ltd. on 29 July.Dec 2022: 1063 km under-construction out of 1386 km; 7 packages out of 53 completed as of 30 December 2022.Feb 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 246-km long Sohna–Dausa–Lalsot stretch of the expressway on 12 February 2023.September 2023: 244 km Madhya Pradesh section was opened on 20 September 2023.February 2024: The Vadodara to Bharuch section of Delhi-Mumbai expressway was inaugurated on 22 February 2024.July 2024: Per National Authority of India, more than 80% of the work has been completed. This includes 96% completion of Delhi to Vadodara sector stretching 845 Kms.November 2024: A 24 km stretch was opened to public between Mithapur on the Delhi border and Kelly village in Ballabhgarh, Haryana. December 2024: A 80 km stretch of road was open to public between Gopalpura and Laban in Rajasthan. April 2025: A total stretch of 756 km of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway has been made open to public.

Current status

  • Main route:
  • * Aug 2025: The entire Delhi-Vadodara stretch is expected to be completed by December 2026, with Vadodara-Mumbai section to be fully operational in 2027-28.
  • Spurs:
  • * Aug 2025: Bandikui-Jaipur Expressway spur is operational, Faridabad–Jewar Expressway spur is under construction with expected completion date by the end of 2026.