13/1/2019
PUNE: The Pune
Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) said that tenders for the
Pune-Mumbai hyperloop test track of 11.4 km from Gahunje to Ozarde will be
floated within two-three months to speed up the project.
Following a meeting in Mumbai with the state chief secretary
and other senior officials, PMRDA officials said work would commence on the
test track and the tests for safety and security would be done. The PMRDA
recently submitted the feasibility report of the hyperloop corridor to
IIT-Bombay to finalize the connecting point in Mumbai.
The Mumbai-Pune hyperloop project was declared a public
infrastructure project in November last year. Hyperloop is a high-speed mode of
transport in tubes and aims at reducing the Mumbai-Pune travel time from four
hours to 25 minutes.
The first step will be to construct the 11.4 km demonstration
track from Gahunje to Ozarde. The plan also entails connectivity to Navi Mumbai
and Bandra Kurla Complex. “We have evaluated several locations in Mumbai, but
can’t finalize one before we get a report from IIT-Bombay,” a PMRDA officials
said.
The government has given the go-ahead to the PMRDA to award
the project work using the Swiss Challenge Method. The method will allow other
private companies working on innovative technologies an opportunity to get
involved in the project. If any new player comes forward and offers 10%
betterment, it will get the contract.
In December 2018, district guardian minister Girish Bapat had said hyperloop was just a “test project” and could not be implemented under the Comprehensive Mobility Plan the PMRDA has made for the next 20 years.
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