<Believe we should be asking Chief Minister Rane *WHY* the Konkan Railway *Skybus* which costs approx Rs.45 crore per km; in other words, only two-thirds the cost of the proposed monorail project, is not being considered. Land acquisition, too, seems to be minimal with the *Skybus* project. The difference is approx Rs.675 crore <GASP> [Lawrence Rodrigues]
The skybus technology which seems to have been talked about for a long time really sounds too good to be true. It is most unfortunate that they went and goofed up fatally in a relatively simple matter like testing -- not just once, but twice! As a result they could not go to the next stage of developing a live demonstration project in conjunction with the Goa govt a big backer of the system. So they have nothing to show anyone by way of a functioning skybus system. Hence no customers for it. Very sad.