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Formation of National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC)

The Union Cabinet today approved constitution of National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) under the Companies Act, 1956 with initial seed capital of Rs.100 crore 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.  This company may form subsidiary companies for implementing each corridor.

The seed capital of Rs. 100 crore shall be contributed as follows:-

            Central Government

 

 
            Ministry of Urban Development : 22.5%
            Ministry of Railways : 22.5%
            National Capital Region

Planning Board

: 5.0%

 State Government

Government of NCT Delhi : 12.5%
Government of Haryana : 12.5%
Government of Rajasthan

Government of UP

: 12.5%

12.5%

The three prioritized corridors, as per recommendation of the Task Force, to be taken up by NCRTC initially are as follows: 

S.No.

RRTS Corridor

Length (km)

Daily Ridership

(in lakhs)

   2016           2041
1 Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat

111

3.77

9.83

2 Delhi-Gurgaon-Alwar

180

6.9

15.1

3 Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut

90

5.7

11.4

 

Total

381

 

 

 

 

 

The actual cost, financing plan, RRTS alignments, real estate development, financing through Transit Oriented Development, etc. will be firmed up and frozen in the DPRs of these projects while processing proposals for each corridor for sanction subsequently.  The DPRs are under finalization.

The NCRTC shall be set up within two months after approval of the Cabinet. NCRTC is proposed as the implementing agency for taking up the RRTS project in the NCR.  It is envisaged to undertake design construction, operation and maintenance of the RRTS project on a similar pattern as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).  It will cover the States of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Background

The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) had prepared a `Functional Plan on Transport for NCR-2032`, which recommended eight RRTS Corridors to connect important towns of the NCR with a high speed rail based commuter transit system.

A Task Force set up by the Planning Commission for the RRTS for the NCR in its meeting held in December, 2009 proposed the construction of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called NCRTC, for the implementation of a comprehensive integrated multi-modal sub­urban commuter transportation system for the NCR, to start with a corpus of Rs.100 crore.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in June, 2011 by the Government of India, the NCRPB and the State Governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana. Rajasthan and the Government of the National Capital Teritory of Delhi (GNCTD) for the formation of the NCRTC.

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