Metro Rail News December 2016
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This pilot project with a cost of<br />
Rs 800 crore aims to let<br />
passengers use India’s first<br />
driverless pods. Their pods<br />
will be suspended on ropeway<br />
and will initially cover a stretch<br />
of 12.3 km. The areas which<br />
will fall under this pilot project<br />
are Delhi-Haryana border to<br />
Badshapur via Rajiv Chowk in<br />
Delhi and IFFCO Chowk and<br />
Sohna Road in Gurgaon.<br />
According to the transport<br />
Minister four initial tenders<br />
have been received for this<br />
project and they intend to<br />
invite financial bids to<br />
implement this project soon.<br />
Mr Gadkari said that this pilot<br />
project will be implemented<br />
under NHAI (National<br />
Highways Authority of<br />
India).He said that he had a<br />
recent meeting with the Urban<br />
Development Minister and in<br />
the meeting, there was a<br />
discussion on whether to<br />
implemented this project under<br />
Tramways Act or the NHAI<br />
Act. It was eventually decided<br />
that the pilot project will be<br />
executed under NHAI act.<br />
Transport Ministry officials<br />
have said that initially there<br />
will be 13 stations. The official<br />
further added that four global<br />
companies have been<br />
successful for the technical<br />
bids. This includes a company<br />
from London which has done<br />
work in this context in the<br />
UK’s busiest airport Heathrow.<br />
One companies each from US<br />
and UAE have also been<br />
successful for the bids.<br />
The Metrino is considered to be<br />
extremely environmentfriendly<br />
as it will run on<br />
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electricity. The pods will be<br />
suspended 5-10 meters above<br />
the ground. The Prime Minister<br />
of India and the Union Cabinet<br />
was given a presentation of<br />
this ambitious project a few<br />
months ago.<br />
The Metrinos are also<br />
considered cost effective as<br />
compared to the <strong>Metro</strong>s.<br />
According to news reports, the<br />
capital cost of a Metrino per<br />
Km is 50 crore whereas the<br />
<strong>Metro</strong>s cost much higher at 250<br />
crores per km.<br />
In the coming times, it will be<br />
interesting to see how the<br />
citizens of the metro respond to<br />
this latest form of transport<br />
and if this new project by the<br />
government to decongest the<br />
capital roads will be successful.<br />
<strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>News</strong> | <strong>December</strong> <strong>2016</strong> | www.metrorailnews.in 39
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