Hitachi officials to meet TN govt on mono rail project

A delegation led by Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Director General Shinya Fujii would meet the officials.

Top officials of diversified Japanese group Hitachi Ltd would soon meet senior government officials in Tamil Nadu as part of offering their technology for the state government’s mono-rail project.

A delegation led by Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Director General Shinya Fujii would meet the officials explaining benefits of mono-rail compared to metro-rail,Hitachi Ltd,Global Rail Business Development Division General Manager,Yoshitaka Hirabaya,told reporters here.

“We are having more than five decades of experience in mono-rail. We are supported by Mitsubishi Corporation,(Japan) who fund our projects. We offer the technology and they provide the funding,” he said.

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The mono-rail system requires only short “time period” for construction and was “economical” to build,thereby saving 30 per cent on the costs involved,he said.

He said an eight compartment mono-rail can carry 62,400 people per hour per direction (pphpd).

The officials were here to participate in a seminar organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Tamil Nadu Guidance Bureau.

In his address to the State Assembly last month,Governor Surjit Singh Barnala had said the government would implement a Mono rail project in Chennai to integrate it with the existing transport system.

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In the first phase,111 km would be covered under this project and in a phased manner it would cover 300 km.

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