NCR Planning Board meet tomorrow

New Delhi, May 23 (UNI) The National Capital Region Planning Board is meeting here tomorrow to discuss issues concerning the region.

The meeting would be inaugurated by Union Urban Development Minister and Chairman of the NCR Planning Board S Jaipal Reddy.

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Power Minister Susheel Kumar Shinde, Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Minister T R Baalu, Communictions and Information Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja, Minister for State for Urban Development, Ajay Maken would participating in the Board meeting, an official statement said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Haryana Chief Minister B S Hooda, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Delhi Lt Governor B L Joshi and Chief Minister Sheila Dixit would also attend the meeting.

The issues which were likely to be discussed, included Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), new town on national highway Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror in Rajasthan Sub-region, new townships in Jhajjar, Sampla and Samalkha and an Education City at Kundli.

The Board meeting would also examine the study on Counter Magnet Areas to Delhi and National Capital Region, study on water supply and its management in the region and peripheral expressways.

The meeting would also review the alignments of Integrated Rail-cum-Bus Transit System (IRBT) and Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) for resolving issues like extensions of metro line to NCR towns, continuation or realignment of phase I corridors of the IRBT, and whether Regional Rapid Transit System should be taken up in an integrated manner.

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