Lok Sabha Question No. 3559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Regional Rapid Transit System
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RATTAN LAL KATARIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3559

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 7, 2016

## REGIONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM

No 3559 SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to construct Regional Rapid Transit  System (RRTS) corridors in the country and if so, the details and its likely benefits;
- (b) the  total  number  of  RRTS  corridors  likely  to  be  constructed, corridor and State-wise and the time period for completion of these corridors;
- (c) the details of funds likely to be incurred in this regard, corridor and State-wise; and
- (d) the current status of these corridors and the details of the funds allocated,  released  and  utilized  during  each  of  the  last  three years and current year, corridor-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

Cont..

(a), (b) &(c): Government  has  prioritized  following  three  Regional Rapid Transit Systems (RRTS) corridors for construction:

| S. No.   | RRTS Corridor                |   Tentative Length (km) | Estimated cost of completion at 2013 price level (As per Feasibility Reports) (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Delhi - Sonepat -Panipat     |                     111 | 18,755                                                                                         |
| 2        | Delhi-Gurgaon -Rewari -Alwar |                     180 | 32,141                                                                                         |
| 3        | Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut       |                      90 | 21,274                                                                                         |
|          | Total                        |                     381 | 72,170                                                                                         |

The  likely  benefits  from  the  RRTS  corridors  are  quantifiable benefits such as fuel savings, travel time savings, savings in capital expenditure  on  road  vehicles  and  non-quantifiable  benefits  such  as economic development in the region, transit oriented urban planning, better access to workplaces and other amenities, improved comfort to passengers, reduction in pollution, reduction in road accidents, savings in vehicular operating costs, facilitate easy access to jobs and services, reduce congestion on roads, etc.

Since  the  individual  prioritized  corridors  have  not  yet  been sanctioned, the expected time for completion cannot be projected.

Cont…

(d): The  current  status  of  three  prioritized  RRTS  corridors,  as informed by National Capital Region Transport Corporation Ltd. (NCRTC), is as under:

- (i) Draft Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Delhi-Sonepat-Panipat has been submitted by the Consultant.
- (ii) Final DPR of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut has been submitted by the Consultant.
- (iii) Draft  DPR  of  Delhi-Gurgaon-Rewari-Alwar  has  not  been submitted by the Consultant.

The  funding  pattern  for  implementation  of  the  individual  RRTS project has not been decided as the corridors have not been sanctioned.

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