Will Gujarat’s showpiece mission, the GIFT City, get India’s first state-of-the-art Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) System? There is a proposal now on the desk to get these driverless pods for inside journey contained in the upcoming GIFT City close to Ahmedabad.

The National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), a 100 per cent owned Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the NHAI, has invited proposals from consultants for finishing up a feasibility research “for development of Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) System to be implemented in GIFT City, Ahmedabad, Gujarat,” as per a doc seen by News18. The NHLML has been assigned the work for improvement of progressive and various mobility options in the nation, together with ropeways in varied cities.

Recently, the Telangana authorities had additionally floated an concept that it could hyperlink its secretariat in Hyderabad with a metro station utilizing the PRT system. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has additionally constituted a committee to look into feasibility of PRT in metros.

The PRT exists overseas with driverless pods transporting a small group of 4-Eight passengers over automated corridors with passengers urgent the vacation spot button as soon as getting into the pod and being robotically pushed there.

GIFT City

The Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) is an upcoming deliberate enterprise district close to Ahmedabad which is anticipated to grow to be a worldwide monetary and IT hub close to the Sabarmati river. It is being developed over 886 acres of land.

A PRT system for inside transport in the GIFT City may be the USP of town which is deliberate to be outfitted with one of the best expertise identified to man. All the upcoming infrastructure in the GIFT City is predicated on sustainable, sensible and inexperienced rules.

A department line of the Ahmedabad Metro connecting the GIFT City with Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar is anticipated to be operational in 2024. The Phase-1 of the Ahmedabad Metro was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi final 12 months whereas the inspiration stone of Phase-2 of Ahmedabad Metro was laid by the PM in 2021.

The department line of Ahmedabad Metro to GIFT City from the upcoming GNLU metro station will be a part of Phase-2. An earlier plan to increase the Metro contained in the GIFT metropolis didn’t materalise.

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