High-speed rail to connect Delhi with Gurugram, Rewari gets nod
GURUGRAM: The Haryana government, on Friday, approved the Regional Rapid Transit Systems (RRTS) project for a high-speed rail link from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to the Haryana-rajasthan border near ShahjahanpurNeemrana-behror.
Apart from this, the state government approved connecting the HUDA City Centre with Gurugram railway station through a separate network.
The government also ordered a techno-feasibility study on connecting the Iffco Chowk station to Dwarka’s Sector 21.
Public transport has been Gurugram’s Achilles Heel and the lack of a city bus service and limited Metro network have forced residents to remain dependant on cars, motorbikes, autorickshaws and cabs, congesting city’s roads. Once these projects become operational including the city bus service only then commuters could truly have a multi-modal transport system.
These projects were approved in a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and attended by Union minister of state and Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh.
“The RRTS project will provide a new impetus to the growth and investment in Gurgaon specifically and to south Haryana in general,” Khattar said.
A government spokesperson said that in the RRTS Phase-1, the rail link will be on an elevated section beginning from Old Delhi Gurgaon road to Lt Atul Katarya Chowk proceeding to Signature Tower Chowk and then along NH-48 up to Rajiv Chowk. Thereafter, it will move underground beyond Kherki Daula where it would emerge above the ground up to IMT Manesar.
The alignment would move along the highway up to Dharuhera, Rewari and Bawal before entering Rajasthan at Behror, an official press release said.
The first phase would cost ₹25,000 crore and the average speed of rail would be 100kmph.
The project would be executed by the NCR Transport Corporation (NCRTC)— a joint venture of the Central government and the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi—and the entire length of this section would be 180km, Khattar added.