Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday (September 22) that pod taxi services will be started in Mumbai. In a meeting held in relation to pod taxi at Sahyadri guest house, Fadnavis said, “The cities are expanding due to increasing urbanization. Citizens have to travel a long way to reach the workplace. Therefore, along with strengthening the public transport system, it is now needed to provide ‘Last Mile Connectivity’ to citizens. ”

The Chief Minister directed that the next step of the transport service is ‘pod taxi’ and this service should be made available to citizens for ‘Last Mile Connectivity’.

Where is the plan of pod taxi?

Chief Minister Fadnavis said that this service will prove to be important in the ‘Business District’ located between Kurla to Bandra railway station. Due to the future bullet train station, Mumbai High Court, the crowd of citizens is going to increase in this area.

He said, “Citizens are likely to face difficulties by increasing pressure on the currently available transport service. In future, pod taxi can be a better option to provide delay and easily transport service to citizens in this region. ”

Instructions regarding single card

Devendra Fadnavis said, “Arrangements are being made to travel through single card in all transport services in Mumbai. Citizens should also get service of pod taxi with this single card, action should be taken in this direction. Kurla and Bandra station complex should be developed according to pod taxi. Police should be provided other places in the same area instead of police residence located in Kurla station premises. Also, the buildings of the Bandra-Kurla Complex area should be connected to the station with pod taxi. ”

The Chief Minister said that in view of the commercial importance of this region, this service should be globally, it should be taken care of. Good concepts should be applied to better use the sky walk outside the station.

The meeting was attended by Brihanmumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, Metropolitan Commissioner of Mumbai Metropolitan Area Development Authority, Sanjay Mukherjee, Additional Chief Secretary (Transport) Sanjay Sethi, Additional Chief Secretary (Urban Development) Asim Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home) Anup Kumar Singh etc.

What is pod taxi?

The pod taxi is part of the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system, in which fully automated, driver -less (driver laces), electric vehicles run on high tracks. In this, a small number of people can go at once.

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari made a big announcement in ABP News’s special program ‘ABP RERSEpping India Conclave’. He said that there is a plan to run pod taxi between Dhaula Kuan from Manser.

Gadkari said on Tuesday (September 16), “We are going to drive 300 cable cars in the country. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we have a meeting here. There is a presentation between Dhaula Kuan in Delhi to Haryana Manesar. I am taking a presentation of five technology. Five big companies in the world will be included. We will be able to go into the air. There will be pod above, 18 to 25 people will sit in it, we can go at a speed of 200 kilometers. But if you stop here, there will not be that much speed. ”

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He said about other projects, “There is a plan of ropeway in Kedarnath. Its price is 5 thousand crores. The ticket will be quite cheaper. Where it used to take five and a half hours to go, now that journey will be held in 24 to 27 minutes. Investor is spending on this project. We are not doing anything. We are getting 800 crores from above.

Water taxi plan in Mumbai

Nitin Gadkari also gave information about the water taxi in Mumbai. He said that a jetty was made at the airport due to my insistence. The chairman of BPT studied it and there was talk of 5-6 thousand water taxi. Through this, like Venice, you can sit in a water taxi. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to the company about this, because it is a project of the state government. The company is now selected and the new airport is starting. Now the Maharashtra government has planned to start a water taxi.

Plan for public transport

Nitin Gadkari said, “Public transport should be easy. He had gone to Czechoslovakia, there are flash charging. There are many places in Europe. There is a bus for 135 seats. There is an entry from the front. There will be an entry with a card or mobile phone. Good chairs have been installed in the bus and TV is installed in front. Its price is 30 percent lower than diesel bus. It is charged in 20 seconds at every bus stop. Pilot projects are being done in Nagpur. Tata has got this project. Started manufacturing in Dharwad. ”

He further said, “The demand for metro for public transport is high. Its cost is Rs 550 crore per kilometer. Its cost is only Rs 2 crore per kilometer. You can reach Jaipur from Delhi in two and a half hours. ”When will this bus service start? Regarding this, Nitin Gadkari said that I am a minister for 11 years, who I speak.