NCRTC sets Delhi-Panipat rapid transit link in motion

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has started preparatory work on the second phase of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), setting in motion the plan to expand the high-speed Namo Bharat corridor, which will link Delhi with Panipat and eventually Karnal.

- Snehil Sinha

Even as final financial approvals are awaited from the Centre and the Haryana and Delhi governments, officials aware of the matter said, NCRTC has floated tenders and initiated the critical process of relocating utilities along the proposed alignment.

This pre-construction stage, officials said, is essential groundwork before full-scale civil construction of stations, viaducts and tracks can begin.

The utility diversion exercise involves shifting and modifying overhead power lines, low-tension cables and transformers that currently obstruct the path of the corridor. The first phase of work covers a 22-kilometre stretch between Narela and Murthal.

NCRTC officials estimate the exercise will take nearly a year to complete.