Punjab Hyperloop Tender

ScopePunjab Government is now planning to set up Hyperloop transportation system between Amritsar and Chandigarh at a cost of Rs 56000 crore. If implemented the total journey time between both cities will be reduced to 35-40 minutes.Sources from the government said that the Punjab government is likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding MoU shortly with USAs Virgin Hyperloop One. Virgin Hyperloop One has tied up with a leading UAE-based company to bring this ultra-modern super highspeed transportation technology to India.Hyperloop sytemsAccording ro the plan each hyperloop pod would have a searing capacity of 28 people and will travel at a speed of 1000 to 1300 kilometres per hour in a tunnel-like tube structure with almost no resistance and very low atmospheric pressure. This tunnel can be developed in underground or overground depending on the availability of land and other factors.Hyperloop routesAt present 233-km journey between Chandigarh and Amritsar takes around five hours by road and if hyperloop system impemmented the total travel time will be reduced to 35-40 minutes.It has been planned to run Hyperloop from Amritsar with two middle stops at Jalandhar and Ludhiana and final destination at Chandigarh and vice versa. Two solar-powered hyperloop pods will be run at a time carrying 56 people followed by other pod pairs after short intervals.Project cost and deadlineAfter the pre-feasibility study on the project the work is expected to commence by the end of 2021 and will complete by 2029