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WATER TRANSPORT - 12 British hovercrafts to ply Mumbai shores Madhurima Nandy A 100-seater fleet of British hovercrafts will be soon seen on the west coast of Mumbai. These Rs 15-crore hovercrafts will serve the first phase of the city's passenger water transport project. "We will buy 12 hovercrafts from ABS Hovercrafts. However, we are planning to use a mix of both hovercrafts and catamarans for the service," said Dinesh Shah, Executive Director of Satyagiri Shipping, which has bagged the project contract. The project's first phase will extend from Nariman Point to either Versova or Borivli (this is yet to be decided). In the second phase, the remaining terminals like Bandra, Marve and Juhu (which is optional) will be added to the route. The entire route would require around 42-48 catamarans and hovercrafts. The process of appointing in ternational consultants to design the passenger terminals is on, and construction is expected to begin in January 2007. International operators are also going to be appointed to run the project on a day-today basis. Incidentally, each terminal will have a specific design theme, broadly based on the geographical look of the area. The state government has already completed the process of land acquisition for each of the water stations - which will all have a jetty, terminal building and fuel station as well as other amenities. Meanwhile, Satyagiri has also proposed to start passenger water transport facilities between Mumbai and Surat and Mumbai and Bhavnagar. This is expected to cut down travel time from Mumbai to Surat from six to three hours. madhurima.nandy@hindustantimes.com URL : http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/artMailDisp.aspx?article=17_10_2006_005_006&typ=0&pub=264 |
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