Industry Public transport Headquarters New Delhi Type of business Public | Website ncrtc.in Founded 2013 | |
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Key people Vinay Kumar Singh (Managing Director) Services Rapid Transit, High Speed Rail Owners Government of India (50%) | ||
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) - a Joint Sector company of Government of India and States of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is mandated for implementing the Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) project across the National Capital Region (NCR), ensuring a balanced and sustainable urban development through better connectivity and access.
Contents
- What is RRTS
- Need for RRTS Project
- RRTS Project Background
- History of NCRTC
- Implementation
- Integrated Public Transport System
- Technology
- Project Cost
- Benefits
- Transit oriented Development ToD
- References
The Planning Commission formed a Task Force in 2005 under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) to develop a multi-modal transport system for Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). This was included in the Integrated Transport Plan for NCR 2032 with special emphasis on Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) connecting regional centers.
The Task Force identified 8 corridors and prioritised three corridors namely Delhi-Meerut, Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Alwar for implementation. In March 2010, National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) appointed M/s. Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System for Delhi-Meerut and Delhi-Panipat and M/s. Urban Mass Transit Company Limited for Delhi-Alwar to carry out feasibility study and prepare the Detailed Project Report.
Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor has been approved by the NCRTC Board on 6 December 2016. For those frequenting between Delhi and the national capital region up to Meerut, the travel time will reduce to 35 minutes from existing two hours, once this RRTS gets operational.
What is RRTS?
Need for RRTS Project
The National Capital Region (NCR) has grown over the years to cover parts of states around Delhi namely, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Today the total area which falls under NCR is about 33,578 km2 with the total population of over 4.6 crores (Census 2011). The regional has seen a decadal population growth of ~24% between 2001 and 2011. Entire NCR is an urban agglomeration with an urbanization of about 62%.
Further, in 2007, the number of Passenger vehicles crossing Delhi borders breached 1,100,000 (Eleven Lakhs) per day. This has triggered the need to have effective regional public transport system on a priority.
RRTS Project - Background
Railway had commissioned a study during 1998-99 to identify rail projects for commuter travel in NCR and Delhi. It identified RRTS for connecting NCR towns to Delhi with fast commuter trains. The proposal was re-examined in 2006 in the light of extension of Metro to some of the NCR towns. This led Planning Commission to form a task force under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) on RRTS for NCR. Accordingly, NCRPB appointed M/s. DIMTS and M/s. UMTC to carry out feasibility study in 2011. Final reports are yet to be submitted by the consultant for review, updation and acceptance.
History of NCRTC
The National Capital Region Transport Corporations (NCRTC) came into existence in 2013. On 11 July 2013 the Union Cabinet approved constitution of National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) under the Companies Act, 1956 with initial seed capital of ₹100 crores as per Company Act, 1956 for designing, developing, implementing, financing, operating and maintaining Regional Rapid Transit system (RRTS) in National Capital Region (NCR) to provide comfortable and fast transit to NCR towns and meet the high growth in transport demand. Accordingly, NCRTC has been incorporated on 1 August 2013. This company may form subsidiary companies for implementing each corridor. The seed capital was to be contributed as follows:
Implementation
The current proposed RRTS by Government will have travel time of Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Meerut in 1 hour and Delhi-Alwar in 2 hours. This will result in facilitating seamless travel of people between the CBD and suburbs in NCR. Recently all state governments have approved the alignments of the three Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridors. These corridors will connect the capital with Panipat, Meerut and Alwar. These three alignments were recommended by the National Capital Regional Planning Board (NCRPB).
In its 36th meeting of the NCRPB held under the chairmanship of Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu, the Board gave nod for implementation of three RRTS Corridors - Delhi-Alwar, Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Meerut. Further, Minister Naidu said issues related to Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), a rail-based system, have been resolved and further work on these three corridors, namely, Delhi-Alwar, Delhi-Panipat and Delhi-Meerut could be started immediately. The minister also said that Managing Director of the NCRTC, Undertaking entrusted with the implementation of the RRTS, has been appointed and implementation of RRTS corridors will commence shortly. Indian Railway officer Shri. Vinay Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Company, who assumed office in July, 2016.
Integrated Public Transport System
Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) across the world (USA, Europe, China, Japan, etc.) have become successful. For their best utilization and patronage, it is essential that they are tightly integrated with the other public transport by sharing the stations or having underground pedestrian passage which can connect different kinds of public transport systems, like Stockholm Central Station. Ease of use, speed of travel, one pass for all public transport and the information regarding the waiting time for the next service makes the public transport successful. Metro, Light Rail, Mono Rail, Airport link, Bus(Local and long distance), long distance Train, Bicycle Parking, Taxi and auto rickshaw all needs to be integrated to make the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) the vehicle to integrate the NCR region. Integration and seamless transfer of passengers from other public transport to the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) will determine the patronage of the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS).
Technology
NCRTC will be deploying a state of the art technology to develop rail based rapid transit system with a design speed of 180 kmph. Such a speed will necessarily require grade separated track, latest signaling and control system, to ensure high throughput and safe operation. The rolling stock will be air-conditioned and having capability of acceleration and deceleration. The traction power will be through 25 KV overhead equipment.
Project Cost
NCRTC will execute three rapid rail corridors to Panipat, Meerut and Alwar from the capital at an estimated cost of about ₹72,000 crores. A 111-km stretch between Delhi-Soniapat-Panipat with an estimated cost of ₹18,755 crores. A 180-km stretch between Delhi-Gurgaon-Alwar estimated to cost ₹32,141 crores and a 90 km stretch between Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut estimated to cost ₹21,274 crores.
Benefits
The RRTS corridor will provide high speed, comfortable, convenient, high frequency and safe mode of travel along the corridor. The high speed connectivity will ensure seamless travel between capital city and suburbs as well as between the suburbs. Since the system is rail based and will be using electric trains, it will considerably reduce the pollution and congestion of highways and on roads of Delhi. Such fast and comfortable commuting will bring in paradigm shift in the way people travel and work in NCR area. It will facilitate movement of job opportunities from Delhi to suburbs and opportunities of high end jobs available in Delhi to people staying in suburbs. Thus the development of NCT of Delhi will be controlled and regulated to have a poly-centric urban development in NCR area.
Transit-oriented Development (ToD)
Many property related transactions and activities are happening in and around Delhi, especially in NCR region. The RRTS corridor development offers potential for increase in land value. Further, New development and /or townships can come around transit nodes along the corridor.
Government and NCRTC, on the lines of DMRC, is expected to explore opportunity to monetize transit oriented development opportunities to partly finance the project cost and also fund development of future corridors.