Guwahati MRTS project has been enlisted by the Govt. of India as planning stage project. M/s RITES Ltd. completed Feasibility Report and the DPR (Phase-I) for the Rail based MRTS for Guwahati in January, 2016. The DPR (Ph-I) prepared for total length of 61.4 Km has four corridors. Govt. approved the said DPR for MRTS and formation of the State owned Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) namely Guwahati Metro Rail Corporation Limited to carry forward the implementation of Rail based MRTS for Guwahati city and notified through Assam Gazette Notification dated 26th February, 2016.
Subsequently the State Cabinet in January, 2017, has reviewed the project and suggested to recast of DPR (Phase-I) for Rail based MRTS with additional metro corridors from Dharapur to Guwahati Airport and North Guwahati to AIIMS and joining of all major points in Phase-I.
In the meanwhile, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India has introduced new Metro Policy, 2017. The policy presents the key features of the new metro policy as well as an appraisal framework for urban mass transit projects. The future MRTS proposals shall be considered by MoHUA, GoI under the provision of the said policy only.
M/s RITES Ltd. will prepare the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) & Alternative Analysis (AA) Report for Guwahati. CMP is pre-requisite for planning Metro Rail system and AA Report evaluating transit options with a comparative analysis is also a prerequisite as per the Policy. On approval of the CMP & AA report the DPR for Mass Transit system will be recast and prepared accordingly. DPR Report will include integration of various transport modes, last mile connectivity, seamless transfer and universally accessible infrastructure. The works will take 6 months of time once formal agreement is signed with RITES.