Trams will ply the streets of Delhi again after an absence of more than 50 years, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.

Lieutenant-governor of Delhi Najeed Jung last week approved a proposal to reintroduce trams in the national capital in a bid to revive a lost heritage.

As part of the plan, trams will ply on a 2.5km stretch that connects Subash Marg with Fatehpuri Masjid.

Apart from trams, lanes will be created for non-motorised vehicles and fifty percent of the area will be reserved for pedestrain pathways.

“The tram service will connect the stretch linking Red Fort with Fatehpuri Masjid and will run alongside wide footpaths,” said a senior government official from Delhi.

Technical partners including the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) will implement the project.

First introduced in Delhi on March 6, 1908 at the behest of Viceroy of India Lord Hardinge, trams faded into oblivion in 1960 with growing modern transport and vehicular traffic.

Trams ran as public transport from 1908 to 1960 and connected Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Sadar Bazaar.

- Bernama