Delhi govt allowed time to analyse CRRI report on BRT

Appearing for the Transport Department of Delhi government, senior counsel K T S Tulsi told a bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw that CRRI has submitted its study report only yesterday and the government wants to analyse it.

"The CRRI had submitted its report yesterday and we have to analyse it. The Government will file an affidavit on the basis of their (CRRI) report," said Tulsi, seeking time till July 23 for the purpose. The plea was allowed.

The bench earlier wanted to defer the matter for next hearing in August but Tulsi wanted it in July itself saying "this court's order will have an impact on the all BRT projects in the country".

Referring to the CRRI's suggestion that traffic moves 68 percent faster without BRT, the counsel said "any interim order of this court will have an impact on the nation-wide BRT project... The entire project in the whole country will go haywire."

The CRRI in its report to the Transport Department has said, "The result of the experimental trial run conducted on the corridor (Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand) reiterated the fact that allowing other vehicles to ply on the earmarked lane for buses yielded better benefits for the road users compared to BRT situation."

"The trial run scenario in 2015 will reduce the total travel time and stop delay (time spent at red-lights) by 39 percent and 58 percent respectively," the report also said. (MORE)