Rajarhat Newtown tram plan

The state government is interested in running trams in Rajarhat – Newtown and has been considering Proposals based on an old pre-feasibility study that ticked all the right boxes in term of need, financial viability and practicality. “Many proposals have been submitted to the transport department to have a tram network in the Rajarhat New Town belt. We are interested,” transport minister Suvendu Adhikari said in the Assembly on Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear who had submitted the proposals and what they envisage. A senior official said the pre-feasibility study to run trams in Newtown had been conducted in 2013-14. The plan was benched for unspecified reasons and remained out of the realm of discussion until the transport minister spoke about it.