India’s first rapid rail between Delhi-Meerut could get extended to Muzaffarnagar and Haridwar, reports have mentioned. A piece of under-construction RRTS corridor between Delhi-Meerut is already useful between Sahibabad and Duhai. The precedence part was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi final yr.
As per reports, in a current assembly of the NCR planning board, talks had been held on extending the Namo Bharat or Rapid Rail corridor to Muzaffarnagar and Haridwar.
During the assembly, the officers determined to conduct a bodily survey of the proposed part to assess the feasibility, execution of the undertaking.
A Detailed Project Report (DPR) will be ready to additional analyse the practicality of the corridor.
If the RRTS corridor is extended to Muzaffarnagar, and later to Haridwar, then it will come as a giant reduction for 1000’s of each day commuters who journey between Delhi-Muzaffarnagar.
Next 25-km stretch of the RRTS likely to be opened in two months
The subsequent 25-km stretch of the RRTS corridor from Ghaziabad’s Duhai Depot to Meerut South is likely to be opened in two months, officers within the National Capital Region Transport Corporation mentioned.
The stretch between Duhai and Meerut South station is the subsequent section of the RRTS corridor set to be operationalised for the general public after the precedence part which was inaugurated final yr.
The 17-km lengthy precedence part of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor is presently operational. Team NCRTC is working quickly in the direction of operating Namo Bharat trains within the extra 25 km lengthy part from Duhai to Meerut South i.e. past the precedence part in one other two months.
“This section will have four stations – Muradnagar, Modi Nagar South, Modi Nagar North, and Meerut South,” NCRTC’s chief PRO Puneet Vats mentioned.
After the operationalisation of this extra part, a 42 km lengthy part from Sahibabad to Meerut South i.e. from the Delhi border to the Meerut border will be obtainable for commuters to expertise a dependable, protected, high-speed commute within the Namo Bharat Trains, he said.
“Considering the pace of work, Delhi is also likely to be connected in January next year. Team NCRTC is passionately working towards completing the entire 82km corridor ahead of its targeted schedule of June 2025,” he mentioned.
Anand Vihar station’s platform is underground. The structural work is nearly accomplished and the track-laying course of is underway. One of the tunnels has a minimal distance of 100 mm from the prevailing metro station, whereas the opposite tunnel has a minimal distance of 1 metre, one other official mentioned.
The official additional said that one of many challenges throughout the undertaking was a drain that was going parallel to the tunnel from Anand Vihar to Khichadipur.
The NCRTC commenced the trial run for Namo Bharat trains between Duhai and Meerut South stations of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor on December 29.
Earlier sources had mentioned that the NCRTC goals to contain extra girls workers than males within the operations of the 25-km stretch.
With inputs from PTI
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