Govt working on electric higway between
New Delhi & Mumbai costing Rs 1 lakh crore
The government is working on an electric highway between New Delhi and Mumbai at a cost of about Rs 1 lakh crore and has already awarded 60% of the contract said union minister for road transport and highways, Govt is working on an electric highway of Delhi-Mumbai.
Govt working on electric highway
“It will be a 1,300 km, 12-lane green highway, and our target is to complete it before January 26, 2024,” he said.
The highway passes by the economically backward areas of Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra which will help the Centre to save Rs 16,000 crore on land acquisition.
A 10 km electric highway along the Delhi-Mumbai expressway will be piloted by the Gadakri ministry in collaboration with the heavy industries department, he said in a parliament in the month of July. The infrastructure will include the overhead cables and substations for the trial run.
Globally 3 projects of electric highway
The pilot project will cost INR 200 cr
Earlier, it was said, this pilot project will cost INR 200 cr as a truck manufacturer will be used to produce that prototypes. The trucks of 80 tonnes will be deployed and an electric cable to draw power from the overhead cable network.
There will be two tracks and trucks with containers can run at 100kmph. The trucks run on the electricity for 20 km and battery charges where there are no stretches overhead wires to charge.
Gadkari says that again it can be charged after some km, these can tap the overhead wire simultaneously and gets charged again.
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