Sky bus..already lost some crores ...now monorail...? Is it possible for Konkan railway to develop a rail route between Canacona/Margao/Panjim/Mapuca...similar to the suburban railway network/coaches of Mumbai. They can use the existing tracks of KRC from Cancona upto crossing of Cortalim bridge.. Will it be more expensive?...justa query...
Edward Verdes To: "GoaNet" <[email protected]> > << Goacom.com DAILY GOA NEWS Clips Sep 16, 2005 > Monorail project: A white elephant in the making? > The monorail, as a full-scale urban transit system, is project as a safe, > environment-friendly, sleek, silent and cost-effective mode. The Tokyo-Haneda > Monorail has been gliding to and fro on its route from 1964. And it is popular > in several countries such as Australia, Malaysia and nations in Europe...As far > as Goa is concerned, the ground realities are different. Coming on the heels of > a costly and massive fiasco of the Skybus project, CM Pratapsing Rane's > statement that a proposal for floating a global tender to invite parties for an > expression of interest to install the CNG-driven monorail on the proposed 45-km > route from Margao to Mapusa, via Panaji, has to be taken against this
