India, Sept. 2 -- Elon Musk is trying to pitch a $760 million plan to build tunnels under Houston through The Boring Company, a construction business that the Tesla CEO had founded in 2016, according to a ProPublica report. He has been receiving support from Houston-area Rep. Wesley Hunt in this endeavor, as per the outlet.

While the project will cost $760 million, The Boring Company will also get "15% of the cost up front from state and local coffers", informs ProPublica. Elon Musk and Wesley Hunt will reap huge profits if Boring gets to contribute to the project at all.

Hurricane Harvey inflicted damage of $125 billion on Greater Houston and Southeast Texas in 2017 due to rainfall-triggered flooding, as per Texas.gov. It also resulted...