<p>The Cabinet on Thursday approved constitution of a National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which will implement the ambitious scheme of connecting the national capital to neighbouring towns. It will take up three corridors on a priority basis, which will link Delhi to Sonipat, Panipat, Alwar, Ghaziabad and Meerut with a high-speed rail-based commuter transit system. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The NCRTC will be responsible for design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) on a similar pattern as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation,” said a government release. “It has been constituted to provide comfortable and fast transit to NCR towns and meet the high growth in transport demand.” <br /><br />It will come into existence in two months and operate subsidiaries for different corridors. In the initial stage, three priority corridors - Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat (111 km), Delhi-Gurgaon-Alwar (180 km) and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut (90 km) - will be taken up. <br /><br />According to estimates, the Delhi-Panipat corridor will cater to 3.77 lakh commuters daily in 2016, which will go up to 9.83 lakh in 1941. The Delhi-Alwar corridor will have a capacity of 6.9 lakh, which will go up to 15.1 lakh in 2041. The Delhi-Meerut corridor has been estimated to cater to 5.7 lakh commuters in 2016 and 11.4 lakh in 2041. <br /><br />The three corridors are among the eight which were identified by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) in 2009. The NCPRB had prepared a “Functional Plan on Transport for NCR-2032,” which recommended eight RRTS corridors to connect important towns of the NCR with a high-speed rail-based commuter transit system. <br /><br />Five other corridors are Delhi-Faridabad-Ballabgarh-Palwal, Ghaziabad-Khurja, Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak, Delhi-Ghaziabad-Hapur and Delhi-Shahadra-Baraut. <br /><br />A task force set up by the Planning Commission in its meeting in December 2009 proposed the construction of a Special Purpose Vehicle, called the NCRTC, for the implementation of a comprehensive integrated multi-modal sub-urban commuter transportation system for the NCR, to start with a corpus of Rs 100 crore.<br /><br />This joint venture company will have the Ministry of Urban Development, Railways and the Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and the Uttar Pradesh governments as partners. <br /><br />The Centre will give 50 per cent and the rest will be equally shared by Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.<br /><br />While the Urban Development Ministry and the Railways would contribute 22.5 per cent of the amount each, the National Capital Region Planning Board would contribute five per cent.<br /><br /> The four state governments (Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) would contribute 12.5 per cent each. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in June 2011 by the Government of India, the NCRPB and the Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi governments for the formation of the NCRTC.</p>
<p>The Cabinet on Thursday approved constitution of a National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which will implement the ambitious scheme of connecting the national capital to neighbouring towns. It will take up three corridors on a priority basis, which will link Delhi to Sonipat, Panipat, Alwar, Ghaziabad and Meerut with a high-speed rail-based commuter transit system. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The NCRTC will be responsible for design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) on a similar pattern as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation,” said a government release. “It has been constituted to provide comfortable and fast transit to NCR towns and meet the high growth in transport demand.” <br /><br />It will come into existence in two months and operate subsidiaries for different corridors. In the initial stage, three priority corridors - Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat (111 km), Delhi-Gurgaon-Alwar (180 km) and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut (90 km) - will be taken up. <br /><br />According to estimates, the Delhi-Panipat corridor will cater to 3.77 lakh commuters daily in 2016, which will go up to 9.83 lakh in 1941. The Delhi-Alwar corridor will have a capacity of 6.9 lakh, which will go up to 15.1 lakh in 2041. The Delhi-Meerut corridor has been estimated to cater to 5.7 lakh commuters in 2016 and 11.4 lakh in 2041. <br /><br />The three corridors are among the eight which were identified by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) in 2009. The NCPRB had prepared a “Functional Plan on Transport for NCR-2032,” which recommended eight RRTS corridors to connect important towns of the NCR with a high-speed rail-based commuter transit system. <br /><br />Five other corridors are Delhi-Faridabad-Ballabgarh-Palwal, Ghaziabad-Khurja, Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak, Delhi-Ghaziabad-Hapur and Delhi-Shahadra-Baraut. <br /><br />A task force set up by the Planning Commission in its meeting in December 2009 proposed the construction of a Special Purpose Vehicle, called the NCRTC, for the implementation of a comprehensive integrated multi-modal sub-urban commuter transportation system for the NCR, to start with a corpus of Rs 100 crore.<br /><br />This joint venture company will have the Ministry of Urban Development, Railways and the Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and the Uttar Pradesh governments as partners. <br /><br />The Centre will give 50 per cent and the rest will be equally shared by Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.<br /><br />While the Urban Development Ministry and the Railways would contribute 22.5 per cent of the amount each, the National Capital Region Planning Board would contribute five per cent.<br /><br /> The four state governments (Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) would contribute 12.5 per cent each. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in June 2011 by the Government of India, the NCRPB and the Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi governments for the formation of the NCRTC.</p>
