Union Minister Rao Inderjeet Singh said that the construction work of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) from Delhi to Shahjahanpur will start soon.

He said that before the Union Budget, he has talked to Union Urban Development Minister Manohar Lal over phone on this matter and requested to complete all the formalities regarding this project as soon as possible.

Rao told that Union Urban Development Minister told him that the project will cost around Rs 22,000 crore and the project will start soon.

Rao said that this project will prove to be a milestone for the region in the field of public transport and the people here will be able to travel to Delhi and Rajasthan easily.

While giving this information, Singh also disclosed that earlier this project was revised and a proposal was given by the officials to do it in the first phase from Delhi to Dharuhera.

When people gave him this information during the Lok Sabha elections, he talked to the then Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Puri and requested him to extend it only till Shahjapur in the first phase.

Rao asserted that Union Minister has also agreed to the proposal to extend it only from Delhi to Shahjahanpur in the first phase.

Rao said that in the first phase of Delhi-Shahjapur, the train will go to Shahjahanpur via Gurugram, Manesar, Bilaspur, Dharuhera, Rewari, Bawal Neemrana on this route of about 100 kilometers. 

"22 stations are proposed on this route, for which an action plan is being prepared. Earlier the approval of this plan was to turn from Mahipalpur in Delhi and go through Old Delhi Road Signature Tower in Gurugram, but later it was revised and a proposal was made to take it along the highway through the Delhi Jaipur National Highway via Sarhaul Border," the Minister said.