Private sector involvement will lead to operational efficiencies of Namo Bharat: NCRTC head

Vinay Kumar Singh, managing director, National Capital Region Transport Corporation iamge credit: Special Arrangement

Synopsis
RRTS, the semi-high-speed rail corridor, is touted as the next big thing in urban transportation. But how viable are such capital-intensive projects? And is India ready for such fast trains running at an average speed of 100km per hour? Vinay Kumar Singh, managing director, National Capital Region Transport Corporation, clears all the doubts in an exclusive interview with ET Prime.

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), a joint venture between the central government and the state governments of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, has the mandate for implementing the country's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), also known as Namo Bharat. Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first leg of the 82km-long Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor. The full stretch is likely to be