The Chhattisgarh Government will be constructing a four lane road including three flyovers on the Fafadih-Telibandha narrow gauge railway line in the city, officials informed.
The Government has already decided to also develop land parcels along the proposed road and Expressway on the existing Fifadih-Telibandha-Naya Raipur Narrow Guage (NG) railway track, officials informed.
It may be recalled that decks have also been cleared for the construction of a BRTS corridor on the existing Fafadih-Telibandha-Naya Raipur Narrow Guage Railway track, officials informed.
The State Public Works Department (PWD) will soon get a Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared for taking up the project.
An interim bus service is already running between Raipur and Naya Raipur.
Notably, the Naya Raipur Mass Transport ltd (NRMTl) is in the process of developing a total of three BRTS corridors covering a total of 40 kms with exclusive ‘Right of Way’ with the possibility of mixed route extension.
NRMTl established to act as a Special Purpose Vehicle to carry out the objectives of building, constructing and developing public transport system has proposed to develop the BRTS with private sector participation, officials stated.
The Corridor-I would be of 25 kms from Raipur Railway Station to Capitol Complex in Naya Raipur. The Corridor-III would be of 17.8 kms within Naya Raipur.
To facilitate BRTS operations, the NRMTl would provide depots and workshops to park and service the vehicles when not in use.
An ‘Intelligent Tracking System’ (ITS) would be established under the proposed Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the new administrative capital.
Notably, Naya Raipur is among five other cities in the country chosen as ‘Demonstration Cities’ for the Centre’s ambitious Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP).