Question: Recently, the World’s first ultra-fast Hyperloop project has been granted to which Indian State?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kolkata
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Maharashtra has granted infrastructure project status for a $10-billion plan to build the world’s first ultra-fast hyperloop project on 1st August, 2019.
- A hyperloop is an ultra-high-speed ground transportation system akin to bullet trains.
- The American transport tech firm ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ will be constructing the route between Mumbai and Pune.
- ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’ firm is led by Richard Branson.
- This project stretching over 117.5km.
- The Mumbai-Pune hyperloop is expected to slash the 3.5 hour travel time between the two cities to 35 minutes.
- Hyperloops use magnets to levitate pods inside an airless tube, creating conditions in which the pods can shuttle people and freight at speeds of up to 1,200 km per hour.
- The first phase of the plan envisages an 11.8-km (7.33-mile) -long track to be built in up to 2-1/2 years with an investment of 50 billion Indian rupees ($724 million) in Pune.
Links:
https://in.reuters.com/article/india-hyperloop/india-grants-infrastructure-project-status-to-10-billion-hyperloop-plan-idINKCN1UR4OQ
https://qz.com/india/1679458/richard-bransons-virgin-hyperloop-one-project-gets-nod-in-india/
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/viring-hyperloop-one-project-in-maharashtra-maharashtra-moves-to-speed-up-bombay-pune-hyperloop-proj-2078952
https://www.news18.com/news/tech/hyperloop-india-maharashtra-grants-infrastructure-status-to-10bn-project-2254923.html
http://urbanupdate.in/maharashtra-to-get-worlds-first-ultra-fast-hyperloop-project/