Regional Plan-2021 and Other Transport Proposals under Implementation

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1 13 Regional Plan-2021 and Other Transport Proposals under Implementation Regional Plan-2021 proposals are being implemented and are at various stages of implementation by the concerned Central Ministries and State Government on their proposals which are related to road development or rail network development or development of new townships along transport corridor. Apart from this, few proposals/projects are being planned/implemented by the concerned Central Ministries and NCR Constituent States which form the part of their own proposals. Some of the major projects are briefly presented hereunder Regional Plan-2021 Proposals under Implementation Up-gradation of National Highway within NCR Up-gradation of National Highways No. 1, 2, 8, 10, 24, 58, 71, 71A and 91 is being carried out or proposed to be carried out by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and are part of NHDP/other programmes. Along NH-1, at Panipat, an elevated roadway for a length of 10 km has been constructed and is under operation. Elevated road on NH-2 at Badarpur-Faridabad Stretch is under construction. Up-gradation of NH-10 & 24 is also under progress Peripheral Expressways around Delhi It consists of two parts, namely, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway (Western Peripheral Expressway) and Palwal-Ghaziabad-Kundli Expressway (Eastern Peripheral Expressway) and both were proposed in the Regional Plan Length of each part of expressway is 135 kms. KMP Expressway is under construction by Government of Haryana and about 48% work has been completed (May 2010). Work on Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) is being carried out by Ministry of Road Transport and Highway through NHAI. Government of Haryana has proposed development of townships along the KMP expressway corridor. New townships are envisaged as functional theme towns covering education, knowledge, trade & finance, medical health, biotech, entertainment, leisure, etc. About 62,000 hectares of land all along the 135 km long KMP expressway is proposed to be developed. The proposed development would accommodate a large size of population and activities.the functions of KMP expressway and Orbital Rail Corridor would change from that of enabling bypass movements to one of intense development and intra-corridor movement. Conceptual Plan is at Figure Up-gradation of Roads through NCR Financed Projects NCR Planning Board is financing projects related to Transport sector which includes up-gradation of roads, construction of bus terminus, truck terminals/transport nagar, railway over bridges, etc. in NCR. About 58 projects have been sanctioned with an estimated cost of Rs crores up to March, A loan amount of Rs crores was sanctioned and Rs crores have been released up to March, 2010 for transport project. This includes 27 on-going and 14 completed road projects. 84

2 1. Education City (2000 acres) 2. SAMPLA TOWNSHIP 3. Cyber City (475 acres) 4. Bio-Sciences City (1375 acres) 5. Medi City (625 acres.) 6. Jahangirpur - Badli New Township 7. Fashion City (1360 acres) 8. Entertainment City (865 acres) 9. World Trade City (650 acres.) 10. Dry Port City (720 acres) 11. Leather City (500 acres) 12. Leisure City (1875 acres) Figure 13.1: KMP Global Corridor Delhi-Meerut Expressway Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has included this proposal as part of NHDP programme and initiated action to implement the same New Rail Links Railway has sanctioned work on Rewari-Jhajjar-Rohtak, Sonepat-Gohana-Jind, Tuglakabad-Palwal 4 th Line and Sahibabad-Anand Vihar 3 rd & 4 th line. It has also sanctioned survey for Meerut-Panipat and Rewari-Bhiwari-Palwal Khurja rail corridors Extension of Delhi Metro to NCR Towns Metro Rail has been extended to Noida. It is also proposed to be extended to Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Bahadurgarh. The work on Gurgaon line is in progress. This would enhance the accessibility of these towns and surrounding areas and accelerate their development. It would also result in changed mode choice patterns promoting travel by public transport and reduction in personalized modes. 85

3 13.2 Other Transport Proposals under implementation Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs) Movement of goods and passenger trains take place on the same tracks. With passenger movements receiving priority, goods movements are adversely affected. The average speed of goods trains is only kmph on different sections. Also due to track conditions, geometrics, wagon design, obsolete technology of signals and other constraints, Railways find it difficult to increase the capacity and speed of freight trains. In view of growing demand of high speed and high capacity trains, Indian Railway proposes to segregate passenger and goods train Figure 13.2: Dedicated Freight Corridors movements. It is proposed to develop dedicated fright corridors with high geometric, engineering and other standards. The goods trains are proposed to move at an average speed of kmph (maximum speed 100 kmph), with a heavier axle load of 32.5 tonne and a longer tracking load of 15,000 tonne. The train lengths would be longer (1500 meters) with a new wagon design with increased height and width that would enable double stack container service. The Dedicated Freight Corridor Network is proposed to cover the golden quadrilateral of rail network (Figure 13.2). Of this, presently, two corridors have been approved for development. They are: Western DFC: Mumbai-Delhi (Dadri) 1515 km Eastern DFC: Ludhiana Dadri Son Nagar 1278 km (with provision for extension to Kolkata) Both the Dedicated Freight Corridors run through NCR. The Western DFC enters NCR on the southwest from Jaipur to Rewari. From Rewari, a new line is proposed to link Delhi Agra main line at Asaoti and from there onwards, this line is extended to end at Dadri interconnecting with the Eastern DFC. The Eastern DFC enters NCR at the North East from Saharanpur to Meerut Hapur Tundla and on to Son Nagar exiting NCR at the south-east. Dadri is the common junction between the two corridors. The implications of the DFCs on NCR Plan are: Alignment of the corridors and allocation of land for tracks, stations, terminals, etc. Provision for junction arrangement at Rewari, Dadri, Khurja Provision for logistics park and state of art terminals at Rewari and Dadri. The land requirement is estimated at acres for each logistic park. 86

4 Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor: The vision for Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is to create strong economic base with globally competitive environment and state of the art infrastructure to activate local commerce, enhance foreign investments and attain sustainable development. DMIC passes through a combination of well developed, moderately developed and under developed industrial areas with varying natural resources, human skills and with or without quality physical and social infrastructure. (Figure 13.3). The missing link is the infrastructure logistics, industrial and social, which is incapable of handling the envisaged industrial output and exports. The DMIC proposes to address this bottleneck through holistic approach while benefiting from the inherent strengths and competitiveness of each of DMIC states. Figure 13.3: Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Accordingly, high impact/ market driven nodes are proposed to be identified along the corridor to provide transparent and investment friendly policy/ facility regimes under which integrated Investment Regions and Industrial Areas would be set up. These regions are proposed to be self sustained industrial townships with world class infrastructure, road and rail connectivity for freight movement to and from ports and logistic hubs, served by domestic/ international air connectivity, reliable power, quality social infrastructure and provide a globally competitive environment conducive for setting up businesses. Out of 24 selected Investment Regions and Industrial Areas, 6 lie in NCR in Haryana and Rajasthan. The DMIC takes advantage of DFC and proposes industrial complexes all along the corridor. Within NCR, investment regions and industrial areas are proposed to be developed in two phases at Dadri Noida Ghaziabad (Phase-I), Faridabad Palwal (Phase-I), Meerut Muzaffarnagar (Phase-I), Manesar-Bawal (Phase-I), Kushkhera-Bhiwadi Neemrana (Phase-I) and Kundli-Sonepat (Phase-II). All these are part of NCR Yamuna (Taj) Expressway Government of U.P. has proposed development of an expressway, on the eastern side of river Yamuna, connecting Greater NOIDA and Agra which is extension of NOIDA-Greater NOIDA expressway. It is estimated that this expressway will carry traffic volume of 40,000 PCUs by the year 2020 and it is being developed under PPP mode. A major township is proposed to be developed along this corridor as part of its development. This expressway would also link to the proposed Taj International Airport at Jewar. Taj International Airport: It is proposed development of an international airport at Jewar in NCR. The airport is located on the east of river Yamuna (Figure 13.4) at a distance of 72 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. Taj International Taj Economic Figure 13.4: Taj International Airport 87

5 86 KM Functional Plan on Transport for National Capital Region Ganga Expressway Government of U.P. has proposed development of another expressway, namely, Ganga Expressway connecting Greater NOIDA with Varanasi and Ballia. The expressway is proposed to be developed on a green field alignment under PPP mode. The expressway runs within NCR from Greater NOIDA in the south-west direction and exits NCR at Naraura in Bulandshahr District. Proposed Ganga Expressway Alignment is shown in Figure DELHI GHAZIABAD FARIDABAD RIVER NOIDA BULANDSHAHR MATHURA HAPUR AL=105 KM 45KM GURMUKH TESHWAR ALIGARH MURADABAD BAREILLEY AL=60.3 KM 2 8 K M SADABAD EATH AGRA SHAHJHANPUR GANNAUR SIKANDRABAD BITROI SHAHABAD HARDOI ANUPSHAHR RAM GANGA MIRZA PUR 53 KM 139 KM HATHRAS 151 KM 91 KM 178 KM 71.2 KM KASGANJ NH-2 80 K M 119 KM 184 KM NH KM EXPRESSWAY 58 KM 64 KM BHONGAON CHIBRAMAU FIROZPUR 125 KM 119 KM 48 KM NH KM AL=57KM EXPRESSWAY RIVER KANNAUJ ETAWAH SITA PUR LUCKNOW AURAIYA BHOGNIPUR 89 KM JAGDISHPUR 18 KM 60 KM UNNAO HALDARGARH 48 KM 80 K M KANPUR FATEHPUR SULTANPUR 42 KM 58 KM 82 KM HASANPUR JAUNPUR 6 5 KM 78 KM 100 KM RAE BARELI AL=71 KM NH-56 VARANASI ALLAHBAD SANT RAVIDASS NAGAR Figure 13.5: Alignment of Ganga Expressway 52 KM GHAZIPUR CHANDAULI Tentative alignments of all the proposed Expressways in NCR have been shown in Figure NH-2 BALLIA NH-19 SASARAM RIVER 88

6 DELHI-MEERUT EXPRESSWAY FIGURE: