Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak part of RRT System

by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, NOV 29

Union Urban Development Minister, Mr Kamal Nath today announced that feasibility study for Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak as part of Phase-I of the Regional Rapid Transit System(RRTS) for National Capital Region(NCR) and it would be extended upto Hisar. He also announced that Delhi-Shahdara-Baraut high speed train corridor would be conducted.

Mr Kamal Nath told after a special meeting on RRTS for NCR with the Chief Ministers of NCR states in New Delhi.

In the meeting, Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda had raised the demand for extending the earlier Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak Corridor upto Hisar and including it in the first phase of the RRTS, to which the Union Minister agreed.It may be recalled that MP, Deepender Singh Hooda had raised the issue in the Parliament also to which the Union Minister had agreed to consider it favourably.

Mr Hooda said that the North, South and East sides of Delhi have been taken up in the first phase of RRTS, but the West side that is upto Hisar-Rohtak has been left out. He also urged the Union Minister to extend the existing corridor of Delhi-Rohtak upto Hisar, as Hisar is a counter magnet town and would serve the purpose of NCR planning.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor, Mr Tejender Khanna congratulated the Haryana Chief Minister for developing Gurgaon as a model township.  While praising the model of development of Gurgaon City, he said that things should be moving in this direction as it has led to emergence of economic activity in the surrounding area of NCR.    

During the meeting, Mr Kamal Nath informed that the feasibility reports of three corridors have been completed.  The high speed trains on these corridors would be of high quality and would run at the speed of 160 kilometre per hour. Delhi-Panipat Corridor will be 111 kilometre long and would have 12 stations. Delhi-Rewari-Alwar Corridor will be 180 kilometre long and would have 19 stations. Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Corridor will be 90 kilometre long. The three corridors would cost Rs.72,000 crore and carry five lakh commuters on daily basis. The Union Minister also informed that Delhi-Faridabad-Palwal RRTS Corridor would be taken up in the second phase.

The meeting was attended by representatives and senior officers from Delhi,Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Union Development Ministry and Union Railway Ministry.