India's First eHighway | DMIC | Mega Projects In India

India's First eHighway | DMIC | Mega Projects In India
Delhi - Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) $100 billion project and is India's most ambitious infrastructure programme aiming to develop new industrial cities as "Smart Cities" and converging next generation technologies across infrastructure sectors.
The objective is to expand India's Manufacturing & Services base and develop DMIC as a "Global Manufacturing and Trading Hub". The programme will provide a major impetus to planned urbanization in India with manufacturing as the key driver. In addition to new Industrial Cities, the programme envisages development of infrastructure linkages like power plants, assured water supply, high capacity transportation and logistics facilities as well as softer interventions like skill development programme for employment of the local populace. In the first phase eight new industrial cities are being developed. The programme has been conceptualized in partnership and collaboration with Government of Japan.
India to pilot electric highway on Delhi-Mumbai expressway:-
The Indian Government is planning to trial an electric highway (e-highway) on the proposed Delhi-Mumbai expressway within the next three years to boost electric mobility in the country. Initially, a 10km pilot e-highway will be built with overhead electric lines to power the engines of trucks and buses. The 10km section of e-highway will require an investment of approximately Rs2bn ($29m). Government of India policy thinktank Niti Aayog is currently reviewing a recommendation made by an inter-ministerial committee to pilot an e-highway programme.
Truck makers will be contracted to produce some prototypes for testing purposes. “The trucks will run on electricity for 20km and the battery will get charged to run on stretches where there is no overhead wire. Again, after some kilometres, these can tap the overhead wire and simultaneously get charged again while running.

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