Rajasthan Lines Up Nine Industrial Zones Along Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Rajasthan Lines Up Nine Industrial Zones Along the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Rajasthan has moved nine new industrial zones onto its planning list along the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, with a target of ₹10,000 crore in investment. Livemint reported the plan on 15 November 2026. The zones build on a site-selection exercise near the expressway, and the Bandikui and Manda regions are at the centre of it. The state's industrial development body, RIICO, will develop investment and logistics regions on a mix of government land and land aggregated from private owners. Ajitabh Sharma, Principal Secretary (Industries), led the site-visit team, which included Inderjeet Singh, Managing Director of RIICO. The team inspected sites in Manda, Phulera, which sits close to the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, and Bichoon. One 67-hectare parcel in Baghawas village came up in discussions, and the state is aiming to finalise between 200 and 250 hectares for logistics parks and industrial zones. The push follows the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit 2024, where investment proposals were reported at Rs 35 lakh crore.

What This Means If You're Buying

For a home buyer, the first question is whether this changes prices. Industrial zones bring jobs, truck traffic and warehouses, and those things usually lift demand for housing within a reasonable commute. But the effect is gradual. Land prices near an announced zone often move before a single shed is built, and homes a few kilometres away can feel the change later. A buyer looking at Dausa, Bandikui, Manda or the Jaipur outskirts should treat this as a long-term signal rather than a reason to buy at any price today.

The travel-time gains matter as much as the factories. Officials say the Dausa-Kota stretch will cut the road journey between Kota and Dausa from about five hours to nearly two. Shorter commutes make smaller towns along the route workable for families who work in one city and study in another. The government has also indicated that the rest of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway should be fully open to traffic by the end of 2026. Once a road is open and used daily, the locations beside it tend to draw more interest from buyers and tenants.

Investors should note the difference between a zone being planned and a zone being built. Officials have said the team is working to turn signed investment proposals into running projects, but planned zones can take years to fill. A buyer who acts on the announcement alone could be paying for expected growth that arrives late. Checking whether a plot is inside an existing RIICO area, and how far it is from the expressway interchange, gives a far clearer picture than the headline figure.

Synergy Infracon's Take

Our read is that this is a serious policy push, and it has a better chance of delivery than many announcements of its kind. RIICO has developed 419 industrial areas across Rajasthan, and it runs 33 unit offices, so the state has a working track record of turning land into industrial plots. Existing zones such as Kota's Gundi-Fatehpur industrial area, which offers 364 plots ranging from 700 to 4000 sqm, show what a serviced industrial estate looks like on the ground. The new plan is bigger in scope, and the Bandikui and Manda sites sit close to the highway and the freight corridor, which is what logistics operators look for.

Where we differ from a simple market reaction is on timing. The expressway's Rajasthan stretch is about 373 km long, and some sections are complete while others still have work pending. The Vadodara to Virar packages, covering roughly 87 km, are running significantly behind schedule and are not expected to open until 2027 to 2028. Buyers who expect the whole corridor to behave like a finished route by next year may be disappointed. In our view, the locality gains will show up in stages, tied to each road section opening.

What We'd Advise Right Now

• Do not change a purchase decision on the strength of the announcement alone. Plans of this size take years to become operating estates, and the price premium is often paid upfront.
• Check the road status of the specific stretch you are considering. The Dausa-Kota section and the remaining expressway sections are on different timelines, and the value of a plot depends on which of them is open.
• Ask for the exact survey number, the RIICO allotment status and the distance from the expressway interchange before paying any token amount. Land near a proposed zone can carry title and boundary issues that take months to resolve.
• Compare any residential option in Dausa, Bandikui or Alwar with the rents and prices in nearby established towns. If a locality is priced well above its current job base, wait for the zones to fill before buying.
• If you are an investor with a longer horizon, our sales team can walk you through the land options and the realistic phasing of development, so you can see the gap between the plan and the likely returns.

Related Projects We Cover

• Signature Global Village Alipur, Sohna: a project at the Haryana end of the expressway corridor, useful for comparing how corridor locations are priced at the start of the route.
• Dausa: the town at the centre of the Dausa-Kota road improvement and one of the focus points of the new zone plan.
• Bandikui: a Rajasthan region named in the plan for investment and logistics development along the expressway.
• Manda: home to an existing industrial area that is being considered for extension under the land aggregation approach.
• Kota: the other end of the Dausa-Kota stretch, where the Gundi-Fatehpur industrial area already offers 364 plots.