(a) whether there is a proposal to operate sky buses as mode of public transport in Mumbai on highly crowded routes;
(b) if so, furnish details thereof alongwith the scheme technical soundness, cost effectiveness and total cost of the project, financing pattern etc; and
(c) the present status of proposal along with the time frame for executing?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH )
(a) to (c): A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK
SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2743 FOR 15.03.2001 BY SHRI
ANANT GUDHE REGARDING SKY BUS SYSTEM
(a) The Konkan Railway Corporation has only suggested that
the Sky Bus Metro System could be one of the possible
solutions to the urban transport problems faced by some
major cities. The State Governments of Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu have evinced interest in
this proposal and are in dialogue with Konkan Railway
Corporation.
(b)&(c): The proposal is still at a conceptual stage.