DELHI (Metro Rail News): Shri Kaushal Kishor, The Minister of State (MoS) for the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that the RRTS has achieved nearly 67% progress on Physical construction.
Expenditure Incurred
As per the MoS statement, the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS has incurred an expenditure amounting to Rs 18,160.81 crore, nearly 59.9% of the total fund allocated for the Corridor.
Total Budget Allocation
In a written response to a question, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore said the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor was sanctioned for Rs 30,274 crore.
Funding
The Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor, spanning 82 kilometres, is under construction with an estimated cost of Rs 31,632 Crore. The debt structure involves a 60:40 equity ratio, fully facilitated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The ADB has provided a total of $1552 million, constituting around 45% of the overall funds allocated for the project.
| Financing Source | Total in Million USD | Share % of total |
| ADB | 1,049.0 | 30.4 |
| Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | 500.0 | 14.5 |
| Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| Government | 1,897.7 | 55.0 |
| Total | 3,449.7 | 100 |
The Central government has contributed Rs 5,687 crore, while the Uttar Pradesh Government has given Rs 5,828 crore & over Rs 1150 crore by the Delhi government.
RRTS
The Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) is a comprehensive mass rapid transit network spanning 82.15 kilometres, linking Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan with Ghaziabad and Meerut. The construction of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor is currently in progress, with a total expenditure of nearly Rs 30,000 crore. Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the initial phase of the priority corridor, covering 17 kilometres and featuring five stations: Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guildhar, Duhai, and Duhai Depot.
On October 20th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched India’s first RAPIDX train, Namo Bharat, off Sahibabad Station. These trains are engineered to reach a maximum speed of 180 km/h, offering ticket prices ranging from Rs 20 to Rs 50 for standard coaches and Rs 50 to Rs 100 for premium coaches.
The RRTS initiative encompasses semi-high-speed rail corridors connecting Delhi to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Alwar in Rajasthan, and Panipat in Haryana.
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