Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Mumbai to Delhi in 3 hours by train

Hello friends i have read this artical on website " www.expressindia.com " found it an intresting one. After reading this you all can belive that " India is realy shining " or we can india is on the right track.

" In the not too distant future, you may be able to take a train from Mumbai and arrive in Delhi in less than three hours — thanks to maglev (magnetic levitation) trains that will hurtle down the tracks at speeds of up to 500 kph.
According to sources, the rail ministry is considering a proposal from a US-based NRI group to start maglev trains in India. The cost of building the line: a jaw-dropping $30 billion. The NRI group has been sending feelers to railway minister Lalu Prasad in this connection. The group wants to make a presentation before the minister, highlighting the advantages of the magnetic levitation technology.

The proposal is at a preliminary stage. However, if it is cleared by the ministry, the Delhi-Mumbai corridor would be taken up for implementation at an estimated cost of $30 billion (approximately Rs 1,35,000 crore). Pillars would be set up from Mumbai to New Delhi for laying the tracks. The minister may discuss the proposal internally next week."

1 Comments:

At 12:28 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

The magnetic levitation technology has been there since few decade..it started in japan. And the techology is ofcourse costly. Nevertheless there is always a price for something biger, faster or step above in technology. But one thing the mentioning of 'jaw dropping' cost might have not dropped my jaw but it must have dropped the jaws or our 'honourable' ministers and probably they are sharping there sinister 'claws' in advance. Anyway it will be great to have such a technological 'step-above' in our country.

 

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