Technology > Engineering
21 January 2021
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will soon have India’s first indigenously designed and developed driverless metro car. These trains are being manufactured at BEML Bengaluru Complex.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday unveiled the state-of-the-art driverless metro car at a function held at BEML’s Bangalore complex.
Calling it a manifestation of the true spirit of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat, Rajnath Singh said the MMRDA project has 63 per cent indigenous content, which will be enhanced to 75 per cent in the next two to three years.
“This reflects Indian Industry’s overwhelming response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanairbhar Bharat Abhiyan call” he said, adding that this driver-less metro project will act as a source of inspiration to other Indian companies, particularly the defence industry to help India emerge as a manufacturing hub which, in turn, will fulfil $5 billion defence export target and $25 billion defence industry turnover by 2025.