Reflections of Rajaram Bojji

I joined the prestigious Indian Railway Service of Engineers on the 24th December 1970, from IIT Kharagpur after my post graduation. Over 35 years before retiring in 2005 , had very fulfilling service time which included construction of the prestigious 760 km of Konkan Railway and operating the new railway as an independent head, from1990 to 2005. But the number of accidents and deaths on World railways disturbed my conscience deeply and searched for a  solution to make railway 100% guaranteed against human casualties. My first paper was in 1989 in Bologna Italy but in India I finally converted my dream into a reality. This resulted in Skybus Rail ..disrupting technology for the world railways. Disrupting because it is impossible for coaches to crash into each other or turn turtle because of derailment! And it is impossible for bogie to derail or escape the track!!     UIC should immediately see that current 360 kmph rail technology should be reconfigured along with ...

How India is fooled by false promises and forced to part with thousands of crores of Public funds for metro rail projects! Most surprising even respected Dr Abdul kalam and Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, got brushed aside by the lobbies. Why Sri Narendra Modi too should be following in the footsteps of UPA policy of compromising the public interest, is irrational. At a glance : Existing metro rail design cannot do what India’s Skybus metro rail can do but Skybus can do what the metro ral can do very well. Promoters of metro systems often claim that one of the benefits of the metro is reduced congestion, due to the users’ shift from road-based motorized modes to metro systems. This mode shift is then claimed to result in reduced air pollution and road accidents. However, the experience of metro rails in low and middle income counties around the world shows otherwise (Mohan, 2008). Due to the induced demand, the available road space fills up with motorized vehicl...