Construction of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut rapid rail in full swing saya NCRTC. The National Capital Region Transport Corporation(NCRTC) which is building the country’s first Rapid Rail Transport System (RRTS) on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor on Monday launched the first precast segment at P382 between Guldhar and Duhai.
According to a statement from NCRTC,”The work for the 17 km long priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai is in progress and soon superstructures will be visible”.”RRTS viaduct will have the design speed capability of 180 kmph”, it further added.
Launching girder which is also known as launching gantry is assembled on piers (pillars) through various stages on temporary supports (which are later on removed before segment lifting).
Rapid Rail In Development
There will be 12 segments in the first span of 34 meters. It will take around 6 days to launch join. And complete this span. And afterwards launcher will move towards Ghaziabad side. At present the launcher is between Guldhar and Duhai.
The segments of this corridor are being casted at the Vasundhara casting yard. The various segments lifted are joined together to make viaduct.
“The project cost of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS project has been pegged at Rs 30,724 crore out of which Rs 6500 crore has to be borne by UP Government and the UP Government had in February allocated Rs 900 crore for it of which Rs 100 crore has been released” said an official from NCRTC.
The 82-kilometre Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS will boast a 180 kmph design speed. Firstly of its kind rolling stock in India for regional transit services. And will be implemented in phases between the cities.
The corridor will have 24 stations. And will reduce travel time from Delhi to Meerut to less than 60 minutes. And daily expected ridership is around 800,000 passengers. Therefore, the construction of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut rail is in rapid swing.
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