Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government launches the project, which it announces. Speaking at the launch event of the priority section of the country's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) on the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor, which has been renamed 'NaMo Bharat', PM Modi said, "Four years back, I laid the foundation stone of Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Corridor project. Today, the services of Namo Bharat have started on the stretch from Sahibabad to Duhai Depot. I had said earlier too and I say it today as well - Jiska shilanyaas hum karte hain, uska udghatan bhi hum hi karte hain (We launch the projects that we lay the foundation for)"
PM Modi further stated that he will be present when the Meerut stretch completes a year or a year and a half. "I had the opportunity to experience travel on this ultra-modern train (Namo Bharat). I spent my childhood on the railway platform and today this new form of the railways is filling me with joy. This experience is delightful. We have the tradition of performing auspicious works during Navratri. India's first Namo Bharat train has received the blessings of Maa Katyayani today," PM Modi said.
The Prime Minister also stated that the driver and the entire crew of the new Namo Bharat are all women. "On this new train (Namo Bharat), from driver to the entire crew - they are all women. This is the symbol of growing women empowerment in India," PM Modi said.
PM Modi has launched the priority section of the country's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) on the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor, which has been renamed as 'NaMo Bharat'. The Prime Minister inaugurated the 17 km priority section of the corridor that will connect Sahibabad to 'Duhai Depot'. The foundation stone for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor was laid by the Prime Minister on March 8, 2019.
RRTS is a new rail-based, semi-high-speed, high-frequency commuter transit system. It is designed to provide high-speed trains for intercity commuting every 15 minutes with a design speed of 180 Kmph. A total of eight RRTS corridors have been identified to be developed in NCR, out of which three corridors have been prioritised to be implemented in Phase-I including Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut Corridor; Delhi – Gurugram – SNB – Alwar Corridor; and Delhi – Panipat Corridor.