Chennai, March 15 -- Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday announced that electronics component technology for the Hyperloop project will be developed at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.

He visited the Hyperloop testing facility at IIT Madras Discovery Campus and witnessed a live demonstration.

Mr Ashwini Vaishnaw the 410-meter-long Hyperloop test tube located at IIT Chennai is the longest Hyperloop test facility in Asia.

Talking to reporters, the Minister said the entire testing system for Hyperloop transportation has been developed using indigenous technologies, and congratulated all the young innovators for this achievement.

He exuded confide...