Green signal for two new rapid rail transit links Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar,

Green signal for two new rapid rail transit links Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar,

Fri Nov 30 2012, 03:00 hrs

New Delhi : NCR Kamal Nath announces Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar,

Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday announced that two new regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridors — Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak-Hisar and Delhi-Shahdara-Baraut — will be built to improve connectivity between Delhi and states such as Haryana and UP.

“We have approved two rail corridors, Delhi-Rohtak up to Hisar and Delhi-Shahdara-Baraut,” Kamal Nath said after a meeting on the RRTS for the NCR. These corridors will be taken up in addition to the proposed Delhi-Gurgaon-Alwar, Delhi-Sonepat-Panipat and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut links.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said: “While the north, south and east sides of Delhi have been taken up in the first phase of RRTS, the west side, which extends up to Hisar-Rohtak, had been left out. We urged the Urban Development Minister to consider taking up another corridor, extending it till Hisar as it is a counter-magnet town and will serve the purpose of NCR planning.’’

Stressing on the need to develop such corridors, Kamal Nath said: “The population of Delhi is increasing and there was consensus that means of transport have to be developed from the small towns to Delhi. This meeting on RRTS was called to fast-track these projects.’’

According to Urban Development Ministry officials, such corridors will help create economic opportunities and provide a fast mode of travel for people coming from UP, Haryana to work in Delhi and vice-versa.

While the feasibility study for three corridors — Delhi-Panipat (111 km), Delhi-Alwar corridor (180 km) and Delhi-Meerut (90 km) — has been completed, a detailed project report will now be prepared for them. The budget for the three corridors will be around Rs 72,000 crore, officials said.

“Reports are being prepared and we believe that work on these three corridors is likely to start in another two years,’’ Kamal Nath said. These high-speed trains will run at a speed of 160 km per hour.

Urban development ministry to study feasibility of high speed train services in Delhi-- Bahadurgarh - Rohtak - Hisar corridor

Urban development ministry to study feasibility of high speed train services in Delhi- Bahadurgarh - Rohtak -  Hisar corridor

ROHTAK: The union urban development ministry has agreed to conduct feasibility study for high speed train services on Delhi-Bahadurgarh - Rohtak-Hisar corridor under the regional rapid transit system (RRTS) for better connectivity in the national capital region.

The union urban development minister Kamal Nath agreed for feasibility study on the Delhi- Bahadurgarh - Rohtak-Hisar section on the demand raised by the Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda in Lok Sabha on Monday during discussion for grant on demands.



Last year, the NCR planning board had prepared functional plan for creating transport system for NCR-2032. The plan recommended eight RRTS corridors to connect various towns/areas of NCR, of which the centre prioritized three corridors for implementation in consultation with state governments. Delhi- Bahadurgarh - Rohtak-Hisar would be the fourth corridor under the RRTS.



Taking up the demand, Hooda has said that the NCR contribute to 20 per cent of the national GDP, so the priority should be given on infrastructure development in the NCR area. He urged the minister to increase the allocation of NCR Planning Board to 500 Crores in the 12th Plan period which had been decreasing over the years.



Hooda also demanded three metro routes on Mundka-Bahadurgarh, Dwarka-Nazafgarh-Badli and Jahangirpuri-Kundli in Sonipat. He said that the Delhi Government should bear the cost of Metro line from Mundka to Tikri village in Delhi bordering Haryana. He said that the norms of 50:50 costs sharing between centre and state should be followed for future projects, complaining that Haryana Government was made to bear 80 per cent cost of the Faridabad metro project.