Khattar: Central Govt has approved two projects for Hry under RRTS

Bahadurgarh: The Centre has approved two projects for Haryana under the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), including one to connect Delhi with Panipat via Sonipat, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday.

The other project will connect Delhi with Alwar in Rajasthan via Gurgaon and Manesar in Haryana, he told reporters at the Modern Industrial Estate Metro station after the inauguration of the Delhi Metro's Mundka-Bahadurgarh line by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Haryana government has also sent proposals to the Centre for connecting Delhi with Palwal-Hodal under the RRTS, he said.

Besides extending the metro line from HUDA City Centre, Gurgaon, to Manesar, it has been also proposed that connectivity be provided to the railway station in Old Gurgaon, and from Bahadurgarh to Sampla, Mujessar to Ballabhgarh, and Dwarka (Delhi) to Badsa (Jhajjar) where an outreach OPD of the AIIMS is running and a heart care as well as National Cancer Hospital are coming up, Khattar said.

Bahadurgarh today became the third city of Haryana to be connected with the Delhi Metro after Gurgaon and Faridabad.

The 11.2-km-long fully-elevated Mundka-Bahadurgarh corridor is part of the Delhi Metro's Green Line.

The Mundka-Bahadurgarh stretch, with seven stations, would be an extension of the existing Green Line from Inderlok to Mundka. In Haryana, the stations will be Modern Industrial Estate, Bus Stand and City Park while in Delhi, the stations will be Mundka Industrial area, Ghevra, Tikri Kalan and Tikri Border.

Khattar thanked Modi and said the central government has given many projects to the state which shows "special affection of the PM towards Haryana". The chief minister said a cost of Rs 2,028 crore was incurred on the 11.2-km stretch, the foundation of which was laid on February 2, 2013.