Question: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Andhra Pradesh Government and American company Hyperlop Transportation Technologies (HIT) for the operation of hyperloop superfast transport facility. Between which of the two cities this transport facility will be available?
(a) Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam
(b) Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam
(c) Vijayawada and Amravati
(d) Amravati and Rajamundri
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On September 7, 2017, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Andhra Pradesh Government and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), US for the operation of Hyperloop Superfast Transport Facility.
- It will be the first hyperloop project of the country.
- Its operation will be done in the cities of Vijayawada and Amravati.
- The journey between the two cities will take only six minutes.
- Earlier It took 1 hour.
- American company will create HyperLoop Transportation Technologies HyperLoop Connect.
- This work will be done under Public Private Partnership.
- In the first phase of the project, HTT will conduct a six-month long feasibility study from October.
- The project will start from October 2017. After that the work of forming a hyperloop tube will start.
- Hyperloop is being considered as the main medium of public transport for the future.
- In this, a tube-like structure is created, inside which the pod or the container is traveled.
Reference:
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/transportation/news/hyperloop-transportation-technologies-andhra-pradesh-vijaywada-amravati-1747127
http://hyperloop.global/india-signs-with-htt/
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/country-s-first-hyperloop-in-ap-amaravati-to-vijayawada-in-5-minutes-117090601170_1.html