A “ Reverse
Toll “ ? Possible !
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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