April 13, 2026

Adisri Infra Desk

The ‘extended’ corridor is likely from Modi Puram in Meerut to Haridwar, running broadly parallel to National Highway 58. The stations ma include Modipuram, Daurala-Sakauti, Khatauli (near Muzzafarnagar), Purkazi, Roorkee, Jwalapur (Haridwar) and Rishikesh. Now, the central government will consider extending the metro and RRTS project from Meerut to Haridwar and Rishikesh following a request by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. It will help to boost tourism, eradicate heavy traffic on the roads, and boost economic growth. From Delhi o Rishikesh, the travel time will be cut to 3 hours, meanwhile from Ghaziabad to Rishikesh, it will be 2 hours (120 minutes).