Monorail Lecture

I attended a fascinating presentation about Mumbai Monorail in the IEI auditorium. The speaker was the Head of Operations and another senior engineer who was involved in the design and testing of the electrical system. Both were very knowledgeable and fielded all the questions extremely well. The audience was barely 25 and instead of asking technical questions, many went on and on about policy issues. I asked about the fire incidents and they replied it was due to tyre burst. It was surprising to learn that monorail uses rubber tyres, both for propulsion and clutching the guide beam. Even more surprising was that the entire beam is moved for switching tracks. 

The hotel of my Choice at Daman, a 150-year old Portuguese property, is asking me to book the rooms through travel portals, which are quoting 40% higher rates.

Met Sarita at Starbucks in Seawoods mall and picked up this clutch of books.