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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 13-km-long Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) section between New Ashok Nagar in Delhi and Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS)
- About
- RRTS is a semi-high-speed, high-frequency rail commuter transit network built for the corridor from Delhi to Meerut.
- It has an 82-km-long stretch between Delhi and Ghaziabad.
- Features
- High speed and capacity, dedicated corridor, environmental considerations, economic growth, and therefore a sustainable future are some advantages of RRTS.
- Geographical Theories associated with RRTS
- Central Place Theory
- As per Central Place Theory, settlements initially develop as market town settlements for the services of surrounding areas.
- Geography of Theories
- Gravity Model suggests that population and distance are the factors that decide interactions with the two points.
- Diffusion Theory
- Diffusion Theory describes how ideas, innovations, and practices diffuse across space.
- Central Place Theory
