Traders along New Sanganer Road in Jaipur shut their shops and marched from Gurjar ki Thadi on 24 September 2026 to protest a JDA road-widening project that threatens more than 100 shops, many of them decades old. JDA is acting on Rajasthan High Court directions to clear the road's designated width of encroachments and submit a compliance report to the court.
The stretch in question runs roughly 2.3 km from Sodala/Ajmer Road to Gurjar ki Thadi. Reports differ on the exact numbers. One report said JDA plans to widen this stretch to 160 feet, with over 200 shops — some trading for 60-70 years, many with homes built above them — falling in the affected zone, and said around 256 shops had already been served notices to vacate. Another put the master-plan-designated width at 100 feet and said the actual carriageway has shrunk to as little as 30 feet in places due to encroachment and unauthorised parking, with over 100 shops potentially affected. Both outlets agree on the essentials: a court-driven widening project is now moving toward enforcement, and well over 100 established shops sit in its path.
On 24 September, traders kept the market shut and held a foot march to press their demands, and area MLA Gopal Sharma visited the previous Wednesday to hear residents' and shopkeepers' grievances. Trade association representatives, including secretary Pankaj Sharma, argued that better traffic management — a one-way system and use of alternate routes — could reduce how much needs to be demolished, rather than clearing the full designated width outright. Traders say they are not opposed to road development itself, only to it proceeding without a clear compensation and rehabilitation policy, and they have said they plan to send a memorandum to the Chief Minister seeking dialogue before any demolition begins. No official compensation or rehabilitation framework had been announced by JDA at the time of writing, and neither report carried a JDA or administration statement responding to the traders' demands.
For anyone who owns, rents or is considering buying a shop or home along New Sanganer Road — or any road with a wide reservation in JDA's master plan — this is a reminder that a long trading history offers no protection once a widening order moves to enforcement. Whether a structure falls inside or outside the reserved road width, and whether construction predates or postdates the master-plan reservation, can matter far more than how long a business has operated there.
If your property lies along a road that JDA's master plan has reserved for widening, it's worth checking the exact reserved width for your stretch with JDA's town planning wing before buying, renting or investing — don't rely on the current, built-up appearance of the road. Haqdar will continue to follow this story, including whether JDA announces a compensation or rehabilitation policy before demolition proceeds.