Frequent traffic congestion between Delhi and Meerut could soon be history, thanks to the upcoming Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS). Work on the 17-km priority section (Sahibabad to Duhai) of the 82-km-long high-speed, high-capacity corridor is in full swing, with commissioning expected in 2023, while the entire corridor is expected to be operationalised by March, 2025.
The Delhi-Meerut RRTS, being developed at a cost of Rs 30,274 crore by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), would pass through one of the most densely populated sections of the National Capital Region (NCR), which includes urban centres and townships like Ghaziabad, Modinagar and Meerut, cutting down travel time between Delhi and Meerut from the present three hours to only 55 minutes.
