Two stretches of the Mathura-Bareilly National Highway (NH-530B) have now been opened. The remaining 265 km stretch is still under construction and is scheduled to be completed by November 2027, as per NHAI plans. But the ones that are already open give you some information about the position of Mathura and Vrindavan in the government's agenda of infrastructure.
What have they constructed to date?
The four-lane will be extended to Mathura, Hathras, Kasganj, Badaun, and Bareilly. Two Mathura end packages have been completed. Mathura has been connected to Gaju village via package 1B, a 33-km-long tunnel constructed under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) for Rs 1,858 crore. It consists of 2 major bridges, 9 minor bridges, 11 vehicle underpasses, a road overbridge, and 2 elevated viaducts. With a combination of bridges, underpasses, and viaducts, package 1C further extends from Gaju village to Devinagar Bypass for Rs 1,523 crore.
Therefore, the Mathura section was given priority. It's interesting to note.
The bypass that Mathura really needed
Until now, the cars coming from Delhi and Rajasthan for Bareilly/Pilibhit had to pass directly through Mathura city. It looks like the Raya and Hathras bottleneck to anyone who has experienced sitting in one. New car routes around the urban area rather than through it. The junctions that were used by commuters to reach Agra, Gwalior, Hathras, and Kasganj are no longer to be traversed by crawling.
According to local farmers, the difference is evident already. Milk, vegetables, and crops are quicker to reach larger markets since they no longer have to travel through traffic. Earnings have been reduced by travel delays that have previously taken a toll but have been reduced since the sections in question were completed.
The roads in the Braj are gradually improving.
The source article is a part of a broader pattern: after Kashi, Ayodhya, and Vindhyachal were connected to modern highways, Braj is next. The Delhi-Varanasi bullet train corridor, proposed stations in Mathura and Agra, the Yamuna Expressway, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, and now NH-530B are adding connectivity on the same belt. Each project on its own is a road or rail story. When they are piled on top of each other, they begin to resemble a region-level upgrade.
If you are interested in property in Mathura, it is the same as if you were to view property in any other area.
In Indian cities, there is a reasonably well-established link between land prices and highway connectivity. After a bypass or expressway opens, there is a tendency for demand to ramp up in the vicinity of interchanges and access roads within a few years, sometimes sooner. There were already other religious tourism centers in Mathura and Vrindavan that were attracting buyers. The emotional argument is backed up with a functional one: a functional highway bypass that will take away the city's biggest traffic problem.
This is where Earthousing has been selling MVDA and RERA-approved plots and villas for more than a decade. The ongoing projects are the well-connected Shri Vasudhara Vaishaly Premium Residential Plots at NH-19, Vrindavan; Shri Vrinda Aakruti Village Premium Residential Township at Govardhan Road, Mathura; Shri Vrinda Naivedyam Premium Residential Plots near Akbarpur on NH-19, Mathura; and Shri Vrinda Orchids Commercial Complex in Vrindavan. Over 3000 families and more than 5 lakh sq. yards of land have been released to date throughout the region under 100% government approval.
No returns are guaranteed with a highway. However, if the government constructs the road before you purchase the land, your risk assessment is quite different from the scenario where you purchase the land with the promise that the road will be built afterwards.