“We can reduce ticket rates by 30-35 per cent by it.Cruises from India could go to Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand and massive efforts are underway to boost this segment, including a Rs 1,000 crore terminal being built in Mumbai. There are different rules in America, Canada, Japan.Describing cruises as “floating cities”, Gadkari said they have the potential to swell to more than 950 from about 90 at present. “We will gradually convert our transport to electric, ethanol, methanol, bio-diesel, bio CNG and other such means.Projecting 20,000 kms of highways will be awarded by March 2018, Gadkari said last year it was 16,500 kms.The minister also said electric buses will be promoted.5 lakh workers under the skill development programme for highways.The minister, along with Raju, had participated in a seaplane trial run of budget carrier SpiceJet at the Girgaum Chowpatty off the Mumbai coast on December 9. This has super capacitor technology. We will try to give 7. It will cost less,” Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Gadkari told PTI. Next year it will be 40 km a day.”We are making efforts to overhaul transport.He said India faces shortages of 22 lakh drivers and one lakh driving GEL batteries training centres are on the anvil in the first phase in collaboration with states.
It has a huge potential and runs at a speed of 400 km per hour.The minster said he has asked his civil aviation counterpart Ashok Gajapathi Raju to explore a regulatory regime for single-engine seaplanes to facilitate introduction of such planes in the country as early as possible.To power the ambitious highway growth plans, he said NHAI will soon come up with a bond issue offering attractive coupon rates of above 7 per cent. Next year target will be 25,000 km,” he said.”Seaplanes, cruises, waterways, electric vehicles, pod taxis, catamarans, expressways” or the mammoth Rs 16 lakh crore Sagarmala and Rs 7 lakh crore Bharatmala initiatives will change the face of India’s infrastructure, he claimed.As far as batteries are concerned, 11 companies have started manufacturing lithium ion batteries and the prices have dropped by 50 per cent, he said, adding that recently in Gurgaon a green transport fleet of 1,000 electric auto- rickshaws was launched.He also said a certain percentage of the projects above Rs 100 crore will be earmarked for skill development and his ministry alone would create 2 crore jobs. A policy is also in the works.Another key thrust area would be to reduce crude imports of Rs 7 lakh crore by at least half and provide jobs to at least 50 lakh youth in related industries. We are importing crude oil worth Rs 7 lakh crore.SpiceJet plans to buy more than 100 amphibian aircraft at an estimated cost of USD 400 million.Listing priorities for 2018, Gadkari said work will start on much-awaited India’s first pod taxi project after a high- level panel recommended inviting fresh bids for the same conforming to the strictest global safety standards.
Our ministry and the aviation ministry will finalise its rules and regulations soon.”I have been talking about seaplanes.75 per cent to women, those above 60 years and defence personnel. He urged the people to invest in it rather than chit funds or other such schemes.”We have decided that NHAI will raise funds from the poor. We will study their laws in three months,” Gadkari said. We have 3 to 4 lakh ponds in India, plenty of dams, 2,000 river ports, 200 small ports and 12 major ports.5 per cent to the common man and 7. We have decided to bring cost effective, import substitute, pollution free and indigenous fuel.”This year our road building reached 28 km a day from a mere 2 km a day when we took over..New Delhi: Clear water bodies dotted with 10,000 seaplanes, ‘floating cities’ in the form of ocean cruises and electric vehicles zipping on dedicated highway lanes — that’s the future as envisioned by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. A charged bus can run for 36 km and will be charged in 3 minutes. They will get interest for 10 years.For the ‘go-getter’ minister at the helm of affairs to overhaul the country’s infrastructure, India has the potential to realise all this and much more. Monthly interest will be submitted in their accounts,” he said Gadkari said his ministry will soon begin work on Rs 7. At least 1,000 new industries will begin in the country, employing 50 lakh youth,” he said. If it starts, in India we have the potential of starting 10,000 seaplanes..5 lakh crore highway projects under Bharatmala. The ministry also plans to train about 3..”Seaplanes can land in one foot water and require only 300 metre runway. “We are planning that on Delhi-Mumbai (highway), one lane can be reserved for converting into electric highway,” he said
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