NCRTC speeds up construction work on rapid rail corridor

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has expedited construction work on the Delhi-Gurugram-Alwar RRT corridor. To start with, the corporation has initiated work on road widening between the IDLP Complex and the Atul Kataria Chowk in Gurugram and tenders for various components of the project are now being finalize and will be floated shortly, said, official spokesperson, NCRTC, Sudhir Sharma, adding that unlike the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor, where there has been some disturbances in the construction schedule, the Delhi-Alwar corridor is not affected that much. On the contrary, the corporation is now solely focusing on planning and designing so that they can be implemented quickly. Due to the absence of traffic in the past two months, officials were able to carry out other pre-construction works in Gurugram smoothly. The NCRTC also undertook pre-construction tunneling studies during the lockdown. The Delhi-Rajasthan route has multiple tunnels in the alignment and a score of them are 6 to 7 km long. During the lockdown, it undertook detailed studies to ensure proper ventilation for workers inside the tunnels once construction starts.