AfternoonVoice ( 07 May
2017 ) carries following news report :
“ Nagpur-Mumbai E-Way: Motorists likely to
pay Rs 2.5 per km toll “
State road development
authority MSRDC plans to collect toll of Rs 2.5 per km from passengers vehicles
on the much-awaited Rs 46,000 crore Nagpur-Mumbai Prosperity
Corridor, which is expected to be completed by October 2019.
“The civil work on
the eight-laned Expressway will commence on October 1st this year and will be
completed by October 2019,” , MSRDC Managing
Director Radheshyam Mopalwar told reporters.
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) which is
implementing the 706-km corridor project, will be charging a toll fee of around Rs 2.5 per km for
cars while for heavy vehicles, it will charge around Rs 6.5 per km.
“As per our
calculations, we feel the toll would be around Rs 2.5 per km for passenger vehicles and
up to Rs 6.5 per km for commercial and heavy vehicles,” Mopalwar said.
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A non-starter ?
Seems so
A guaranteed NPA ( for the lending banks
) ? Very likely
HERE
IS WHY :
·
Petrol cost / km = Rs 7.0 (
Rs 70 per litre giving 10 km / litre )
·
Toll / km =
Rs 2.5 ( proposed )
·
Maintenance Cost / km = Rs 0.5
( oil + spares etc )
·
Total Cost / km
= Rs 10
So , one way trip will
cost = Rs 7,060 !
And a travel time of 10 hours !
At this rate , how many cars can be expected to undertake that journey
?
May be , 100 cars per day – making this project non-viable !
IS THERE
A VIABLE SOLUTION
?
Fortunately , there is
Instead of charging the car owners Rs 2.5
/ km by way of toll, if the government were to pay them , Rs 2.5 / km ( a kind of “ Reverse
Toll “ ) , then , instead of 100 cars per day , there could well be 10,000 cars
per day !
If those 10,000 cars were ISRO-designed Electric Cars , whose Roof
Top Solar Panels were to charge a 5 kwh Li-ion battery , reducing the Total
Cost per km = Rs 4.0 !
Now subtract that “ Reverse Toll “ ( of Rs 2.5 / km ) , and the
total cost to the car owner comes down to just Rs 1.5 per km ( Rs 4 less Rs 2.5
)
That will guarantee a daily traffic of
10,000 cars ( - “ Reverse Toll “ to be paid , ONLY to ISRO-designed
Electric cars – and only as DBT in his Jan Dhan Account
)
At the toll naka , and along the entire
length of the Expressway , electric lighting poles will carry CCTV cameras and
RFID chip detection devices . Each Electric Car will be embedded with RFID chip
For costing details , read :
BUT ,
HOW WILL THE GOVERNMENT FIND THE MONEY TO PAY TO THE CAR OWNERS , RS 2.5 AS “
REVERSE TOLL “ ?
Good question – considering that the government
is struggling to raise money
Once again , a technological solution is
right around the corner !
In the form of piezo-electric panels embedded
on the highway surface , which generate electricity due to tyre pressure
HALF A MILE OF HIGHWAY WILL GENERATE ENOUGH
ELECTRICITY TO POWER 5.000 HOMES
( Remember , Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway
will be 706 Km long and we are talking of 10,000 cars plying per day ! )
As little as 400 cars per hour would be needed to make the system
economically viable
This project is under way right now by California Energy Commission
, in collaboration with University of California
For details , refer :
The government will sell this “ Car
Generated Power “ to cities along the Expressway and from that revenue , pay
the “ Reverse Toll “
Just imagine the HUGE MOTIVATION , this arrangement will the petrol-car owners
to quickly switch over to the Electric Cars !
Considering that the
construction of Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway is yet to begin ( from Oct 2017 ) ,
there is enough time for Shri Nitin Gadkariji , to tie-up with the providers of
this technology ,who would not want to miss this unprecedented opportunity to
show-case their technology !
And the laying of piezo-electric
arrays ( stacked like quarters in the road surface ), is NOT confined to NEW
ROAD CONSTRUCTION only !
It can be carried out on any
EXISTING ROAD , as well !
CONTEXT
:
This blog must be read in the context of the following news report
appearing in Hindustan Times ( 08 May 2017 ) :
“ It’s Electric
Vehicles over Hybrids for NITI Aayog “
“ Niti Aayog has recommended lowering taxes and interest rates for
loans on electric vehicles, while capping sales of conventional cars ,
signalling a shift in policy in one of the world’s fastest growing auto markets
A draft of the 90 page blue-print , seen by Reuters, also suggests
the Centre opens a battery plant by 2018 end and use tax revenues from the sale
of petrol, diesel vehicles to set up charging stations for electric vehicles
The recommendations are aimed at electrifying all vehicles in the
country by 2032, said government and industry sources “
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Dear
Shri Gadkariji :
You are given to bold , out-of-box
thinking and not given to “ Analysis-produced Paralysis “
Please , cease this opportunity !
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08 May 2017
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