Delhi’s BRT corridor to continue, expansion put on hold

Delhi Government decided to continue with the Bus Rapid Transit corridor in the capital, but put on hold expansion of the controversial transport system.

Delhi Government on Saturday decided to continue with the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in the capital, but put on hold expansion of the controversial transport system.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

“It has been decided that till this corridor does not become perfect, we will not undertake any expansion of the project,” Dikshit said after the meeting to review the functioning of the transport system that has met with public ire for the traffic chaos it resulted in.

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In view of the intense criticism of the 5.8 km Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand stretch in South Delhi, the first of the six proposed for the capital, the Chief Minister had called a meeting of the various stakeholders to review its performance and take a decision on whether to continue with it or scrap it.

Dikshit said while the feedback was that the corridor, that aims at segregating different kinds of vehicles into separate lanes, was satisfactory with regard to buses, pedestrians and cyclists, motorists were facing problems.

“We will construct a parallel road to ease the problems of motorists,” she said.

In all, six BRT corridors have been planned for the capital.

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