The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is preparing a signal-free redevelopment of JLN Marg (Jawaharlal Nehru Marg), the roughly 7.5-km stretch between Jawahar Circle and Trimurti Circle, at an estimated cost of ₹500-600 crore. The plan was prepared by the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, based on a traffic survey of the corridor, and is meant to cut peak-hour travel time on the route from the current 30-40 minutes to about 12-15 minutes.
As currently proposed, the plan includes a 1.5-km elevated road between SMS Medical College and the University of Rajasthan, an underpass at Gandhi Circle for traffic headed toward the university, a cloverleaf interchange at the Bajaj Nagar intersection, multiple U-turn structures at points including JDA Chauraha and S.L. Road, and dedicated pedestrian pathways near the Water Treatment Plant and SMS Medical College. JDA intends to build the project in phases rather than all at once, with completion expected to take two to three years once it receives final approval. No start date has been announced yet.
The plan has drawn questions from residents and traders along the route. Their central objection is one of scale: traffic pressure on JLN Marg is concentrated at specific junctions, mainly the JDA Circle and OTS Circle areas, so they are asking why JDA needs to rebuild structural elements across the entire 7.5-km stretch rather than fixing the congested points. Residents have also raised concern about losing the road's greenery and general character to large-scale construction, and have suggested that underpasses or grade separators at the busiest junctions alone could ease the jam without reworking the whole corridor.
The questions come soon after a related setback for JDA on the same corridor of the city: a new U-turn trial the authority tried on nearby Hare Krishna Marg (Mahal Road) ran into trouble on its very first day, with a container getting stuck at the redesigned junction. That episode has made residents more attentive to how JDA's traffic redesigns are engineered before they are built, rather than after.
For anyone who owns property, runs a business, or is looking to buy along JLN Marg, this is a project worth tracking closely rather than reacting to once construction starts. An elevated road, underpass or cloverleaf typically needs additional land or temporary work space at its footprint, and JDA has not yet published a detailed alignment, land requirement, or compensation position for any stretch that might be affected. Frontage, access and parking near a redesigned junction can also change materially once construction begins, which matters for shops and showrooms that depend on visibility and easy entry from the road. Because the project is still at the planning stage, with a phased rollout over two to three years once approved, there is time to ask JDA's town planning wing specific questions about your stretch before committing to a purchase, lease or expansion nearby.
If you own or are planning to buy property along JLN Marg, Haqdar can help you check whether your plot falls within any area likely to be affected by this project before you commit money to it.