‘Twin Rail Tunnels’ proposed under river in Delhi
If things go as planned, Delhi may soon become the first city in the country to have twin rail tunnels under a river.
New Delhi:
The tunnels will come up under the Yamuna for the Regional Rapid
Transit System (RRTS) that aims to link the capital with Meerut in Uttar
Pradesh.
Sources in the Delhi government said
that top officials have given their approval for the half-kilometre-long
twin tunnels after the Union Urban Development Ministry revised the
earlier design for the Delhi-Meerut link.
“The issue was referred to us once again
and we have agreed to the new design for the underground section from
Sarai Kale Khan to Anand Vihar,” said an official, aware of the
discussions at Raj Niwas.
The underground section between Sarai
Kale Khan and Anand Vihar would be about 10-km long and it would pass
under the Akshardham Temple and the Commonwealth Games Village in east
Delhi, he said.
Chief Secretary S K Srivastava attended a
meeting with the Urban Development Ministry officials where he was
informed that there would be a slight modification in the 90-km
Delhi-Meerut link. He was later given a new plan which has now been
approved.
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