Micro-Tunnelling Technique For Construction Work Begins On Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail Corridor

Delhi-Meerut fast rail will cut back journey time between Delhi and Meerut to 55 minutes

The National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) - chargeable for implementing the nation's first semi-high velocity regional fast transit system (RRTS) community, started micro-tunneling method for utility diversion work on the under-construction Anand Vihar station on the upcoming 82.5 km lengthy Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut regional fast rail hall. (Also Read: Alstom Begins Manufacturing Of Trains For India's 1st Rapid Rail Corridor )

Micro-tunnelling is an underground tunnel building method used for setting up smaller tunnels for utility diversion comparable to drainage pipelines, to minimise the general public inconvenience brought on throughout the building work, based on the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation.

The method permits free public motion within the space and is usually adopted in locations the place footfall is excessive and trenching isn't advisable because the extraction of particles causes the blockage of passages proscribing motion. It can also be helpful for preserving the prevailing infrastructure from any bodily injury or alteration.

The Anand Vihar station space on the upcoming RRTS hall is among the busiest commuter transit hubs surrounded by a metro station serving two metro traces, a railway station, in addition to two interstate bus terminals (ISBT) - one at Delhi facet and the opposite one on the Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh facet.

The Delhi-Meerut fast rail - the nation's first regional fast hall, may have a complete of twenty-two RRTS stations, out of which 4 will probably be within the nationwide capital, together with the one at Anand Vihar. Once utterly prepared for providers, the Delhi-Meerut fast rail will cut back the journey time between Delhi and Meerut to only 55 minutes.

In the primary part of the regional fast transit system community within the nationwide capital area, three precedence corridors will probably be applied - Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, Delhi-Gururgram-Rewari-Alwar, and Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat. These corridors will converge at Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station. 

Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut will probably be India's first regional fast rail which is focused for completion by 20215. Its precedence part - the 17 km lengthy Sahibabad-Duhai is prone to open for commuters by 2023.