Gwalior–Agra High-Speed Corridor: Land Acquisition Begins for 88 KM Access-Controlled Expressway, Travel Time to Reduce by One Hour:

Gwalior-Agra High Speed Corridor: The works concerning the acquisition of land of 66 villages in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for the Gwalior to Agra high speed corridor is set to begin. A total of approximately 550 hectares will be acquired under this project. This corridor will lessen the distance between Gwalior and Agra by 32 kilometers which translates to one hour of travel time and reduced traffic congestion.

What Villages’ Land Will Be Acquired?

The corridor of the high speed rail will extend through the following districts: Gwalior, Morena, Dholpur and Agra.

Gwalior – 1 village

Morena – 32 villages

Dholpur – 18 villages

Agra – 15 villages

The alignment will originate from Susera village which lies along the boundary of Gwalior and Morena. It will traverse to Morena, Dholpur and continue to Deori village of Agra through the Rairu-Jhansi bypass.

Competing For The Projects Adani Enterprises is one of ten bidders for the mega project which includes.

MKC Infrastructure
Infra Developers
Dilip Buildcon
DR Aggarwal Infracon
GR Infraprojects
PNC Infratech
Welspun Enterprises
Gawar Infra

The participants had the technical bids for the corridor opened at the Infratech Show held in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. The fully access-controlled 88 kilometer long high-speed corridor will ensure faster and more secure traffic.

What are the potential additional benfits
- Trade and industry activities will receive a significant boost
- An entire hour will be saved in the time taken towards completing the journey
- 32 kilometers of distance will be eliminated
- Safer and faster travel thanks to the controlled access.