“NCR Has Tried Decongestion Before And Failed. Can Namo Cities Deliver?”, Swarajya, July 08, 2026
“Dr Vinod Kumar Tyagi, an oncologist, lives in Meerut and uses the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) to reach hospitals across the National Capital Region (NCR). Two days a week, he is at the Shri Jagannath Charitable Cancer Institute near Duhai, in Ghaziabad.
Earlier, he hired a driver to get him through the region’s traffic. Now he rides his scooter to Begumpul station in Meerut, parks it, boards the RRTS, gets off at Duhai and walks 300 metres to reach his destination.
The students who travel from Modi Nagar to coaching classes in Delhi tell a version of the same story, as do office-goers such as Sudesh Goswami, who boards at Modi Nagar, and PK Sharma, who comes from Meerut………”
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