10/1/2018
PUNE: The
pre-feasibility study by Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One and the Pune
Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has given a green signal to
the Pune-Mumbai route for Hyperloop — the speedy mode of transport — and it
could be a reality in 2026.
The report of the preliminary study conducted by PMRDA and
Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) was finalized . It would be submitted to
the state government on January 15, said PMRDA commissioner Kiran Gitte. He
said the team from PMRDA and VHO, who conducted the study, stated if all the
sanctions, the actual study and the proposed demands were cleared, Pune-Mumbai
Hyperloop should come into existence in 2026.
The study to ready the pre-feasibility study was undertaken in six weeks after
the state signed a memorandum of understanding. The study ended in January
first week. "They study has been very positive in terms of
feasibility of the route as it has high density traffic and can be the most feasible.
VHO is keen to have Indian engineering groups to manufacture the same
locally," Gitte said.
The preliminary study was intended to analyse the benefits of
Hyperloop technology, identify high priority routes and socio-economic
benefits, and inform the government of any decision to progress to the full
project stage. The study assessed three routes — Pune to Navi Mumbai to
Sewri via the trans-harbour link, Pune to Mumbai via the Expressway and
Pune to Navi Mumbai and then from Santa Cruz to the central parts of
Mumbai.
Gitte said the study cited
that the Pune-Mumbai route was comparatively easier to be constructed in Pune
than in Mumbai. But all the details would be tabled before the state government
for further assessment.
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