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LUCKNOW: RashtriyaLokDal chief and union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh has advocated inclusion of some more districts in the national capital region (NCR).The party in a statement said Singh had asked the state government to send a proposal to the NCR planning board to include cities like Aligarh, Hathras, Agra, Muzzafarnagar and Shamli in the NCR region. Singh said these districts qualify to be part of NCR region and added that their inclusion in NCR will pave way for pace development in the region. It will expedite building of rapid rail transit system (RRTS), besides other civic projects like sewage, solid waste treatment, drainage and water supply. It will also a give boost to the tourism, education and health sectors in the region.The NCR planning board had given in-principle approval to inclusion of cities within 150 Km from the border of Delhi. It had included some of the districts from Haryana and Rajasthan. UP, however, did not send a proposal for any district, even though Mathura is on the waiting list.