Soon there would be a Metrino from Dhaula Kuan in Delhi to Manesar in Haryana

Delhi is really going high tech - Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has revealed that plans are afoot to have a Rs 4,000 crore ‘Metrino’ public transport project which would be driverless pods suspended on a ropeway. In the first phase, it will cover the 70-Km stretch between Dhaula Kuan in Delhi and Manesar in Haryana.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 8 June 2016.

The work on the ambitious project is ready to take off and the government has received “four tenders for Metrino project to be built from Dhaula Kuan in Delhi to Manesar in Haryana”. The work is expected to begin in the two months. The basic aim of the project is to remove congestion from the rods and ensure smooth flow of traffic.
Metrino is a ropeway-like system that runs on electricity and have driverless pods that come down at designated stations thus removing the traffic burden from already congested roads. Fully automatic, driverless small pods would travel independently suspended from an overhead network which is usually 5 to 10 meters above ground.


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