Days ahead of polls, Sheila promises to scrap BRT corridor
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has bowed to years of public criticism of the controversial Bus Raid Transit corridor in South Delhi, promising to scrap it if Congress retained power in the December 4 election.
The BJP has been demanding scrapping of the BRT corridor and said that it will dismantle it if voted to power.
Since its inception in 2008, Dikshit had been ruling out scrapping the project arguing that there has been improvement in movement of traffic on the stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Delhi Gate.
Earlier this year, following a court case and controversy related to the BRT stretch, construction of 14 such corridors was put on hold. In October last year, the Delhi Cabinet had given an in-principle approval for construction of seven BRT corridors out of proposed 14.
The corridor was constructed by Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMMTS), a joint-venture company set up by Delhi government and Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation.
