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Monday, 21 July 2014

Government plans to introduce alternative travel options like sea planes, helipads along national highways

New Delhi: : Boarding a flight from Bombay Port or a riverside terminus on the Ganga to fly (or sailBSE -0.17 %) into the hinterland, or taking a helicopter in the middle of a highway journey could become genuine alternative travel options, with the Narendra Modi government encouraging sea plane operations, passenger ships on river-ways and helipads along national highways. It is also examining the possibility of using amphibian buses to decongest traffic in sea-side cities like Mumbai.

The Bombay Port Trust has already got the nod to launch sea plane operations along with the Maharasthra Tourism Development Corporation and plans are afoot to offer similar services from all of India's 12 major ports and many of the 200 minor ports.


"We will allow private players to use 4-seater and 9-seater sea planes. If you want to go from Mumbai to Shirdi, it can land at alake 10 km near Shirdi. From there, it can fly you back to Nariman point. Around Delhi, if we find a spot on the Yamuna, it can land and take off from there," said shipping, road transport and rural development minister Nitin Gadkari, stressing the government's emphasis on creating new transport options for people.
Read news in full 18/07/14 V ikas Dhoot/Economioc Times

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