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Fun fact. Konkan Railway under the Vajpayee government developed the Skybus Metro, an indigenous suspended Monorail designed by B Rajaram.
Sadly, two engineers died in a test run. Instead of fixing it, the then Congress govt scrapped it, sold the patents and all. https://twitter.com/christoq/status/1262864658504941568
Sadly, two engineers died in a test run. Instead of fixing it, the then Congress govt scrapped it, sold the patents and all. https://twitter.com/christoq/status/1262864658504941568
Here is a picture of the Skybus Metro (PC: Tom Worthington) at Madgaon Station in Goa.
Guess who was the most vocal opponent of the project? Rajaram's predecessor at Konkan Railway E Sreedharan, the man who oversaw the completion of India's ambitious railway project.
Guess who was the most vocal opponent of the project? Rajaram's predecessor at Konkan Railway E Sreedharan, the man who oversaw the completion of India's ambitious railway project.
While most people credit Sreedharan with the Delhi Metro, I credit him for the Konkan Railway more than anything.
Yet, Sreedharan has opposed newer projects including the Skybus Metro and also .... *drumroll* ... the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.
Yet, Sreedharan has opposed newer projects including the Skybus Metro and also .... *drumroll* ... the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.
Do read my 2018 article on why Sreedharan was partly right and mostly wrong on the HSR.
https://swarajyamag.com/infrastructure/taming-the-socialist-mindset-why-e-sreedharan-is-partly-right-yet-mostly-wrong-on-railways-and-bullet-trains
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https://swarajyamag.com/infrastructure/taming-the-socialist-mindset-why-e-sreedharan-is-partly-right-yet-mostly-wrong-on-railways-and-bullet-trains
cc @NarenMenon1
Here are some pictures of the Skybus Metro.
Both are from a Money Life article written by Dr Rajaram.
Third is a picture of the station structure.
Both are from a Money Life article written by Dr Rajaram.
Third is a picture of the station structure.
