Chittagong vs Kolkata

[dray]

Hold on, @Mike_Brando point was we dont want to compare Dhaka with Kolkata. As that was irreverent. Dhaka is a river bank and capital city. It was started by a brain dead reporter of Daily Star, who made points that how behind Dhaka is from Kolkata. Which is true in some sense. But Dhaka's purpose is not be another Kolkata. It wants to be Paris or London. So if we start comparing Dhaka with Paris, London or New Delhi it doesnt mean Dhaka is as much rich as them. But they are comparable because they are capital cities. It can be compared with Mogadisu too. Lol. Hope you understand the logic.

Anyway some PDF members corrected that mistake by comparing Kolkata and one of our port city Chittagong. Both are biggest trading,cultural, education hub apart from its capital. Chittagong intends to be bigger than Kolkata, Mumbai, New York. There is no harm in dreaming. We can learn from Kolkata too, how to build Chittagong. Now you are welcome to post more pics of Kolkata.

Btw what is this begum khatun with mairala? I thought he is a male.

By your logic, apart from Washington DC no other American cities are comparable to Dhaka!

 

[Bombaywalla]

Here are some GE images of interchanges from Calcutta

courtesy: Suncity

 

[Mike_Brando]

Chittagong and Kolkata are comparable in size and population but Per capita income wise Chittagong is a lot richer than kolkata. In fact Chittagong is the richest city in BD while kolkata is one of the poorest in India. So by living standard,Chittagong is much ahead of Kolkata. Although our Dada babu from across the border will deny it.

WTF,are you out of your fcuking mind!Kolkata might be the cheapest city to live in India but that doesn't mean that it is the poorest one.Man,the GDP PPP of Kolkata is over $200 billions which is more than the entire Chatgaon province.
Btw,the per capity expenditure of Kolkata was way more than that of the other metropolitans way back in 2009 according to a survey
Kolkata has highest purchasing power - Livemint

 

[Abingdonboy]

all that's left (and this is a biggie) is the construction of the Mumbai island to MH mainland sea bridge and the Western coastal tunnels + freeway system, for the road infra loop to be complete.

Any updates on these projects?

 

[Bombaywalla]

Any updates on these projects?

Numerous studies, environmental clearances, and years of dilly dallying later, the status of the On the 22+ km Sewri (B'bay island) - Nhava Sheva (MH mainland) Trans Harbour Link as of today is:

"the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is likely to finance 80 percent of the project and Environment Impact Assessment as well as Social Impact Assessment studies are underway by the financing agency. It is likely to be ready by November and loan agreement likely to be signed between JICA and government authorities sometime in February-March next year." - The Times of India

As you may already know, only one section (the BWSL) of the proposed Western Freeway is complete. The coastal road which forms the bulk of the WF is still going through clearances, public opposition, and the usual mishandling by the MMRDA. Realistically, I expect its construction to start by the middle of 2016.

 

[IN-2030]

It would be idiotic to compare a vibrant megacity kolkata with a pu*sy chittagong...still i am posting pic to burn BDs a$#
KOLKATA

New town Kolkata &u/c metro rail

 

[bongbang]

By your logic, apart from Washington DC no other American cities are comparable to Dhaka!

Dhaka is more comparable to Paris. Union Capital + Business + Cultural + Residential area. We can learn more from it. How they serve their densely populated areas and cope with their traffic system. We are earlier in stages of modern Paris. We talk about Kolkata as we had shared some history in the past. How they are now living and how are we, which we sometimes like to see. Apart from that we have no reasons to an unknown city of this world to Dhaka. Even comparing Chittagong with Kolkata is insane. We can look into the matters of Karachi and Kolkata. But Chittagong is Mumbai for BD and we want to see this as New York. Khulna is the only city in my opinion which has lot to look into Kolkata.

 

[nForce]

In BD.
@Maira La this time with VISA.

 

[Maira La]

In BD.
@Maira La this time with VISA.

Cool, welcome to Bangladesh, nForce vai! Hope you have a nice and enjoyable stay in one of Dhaka's top hotel.

Don't forget to take some awesome pictures and help us out in the Dhaka vs (any Indian city) threads!

With visa.. ..glad you made it without visa on your previous trips, lol!

 

[dray]

Dhaka is more comparable to Paris. Union Capital + Business + Cultural + Residential area. We can learn more from it. How they serve their densely populated areas and cope with their traffic system. We are earlier in stages of modern Paris. We talk about Kolkata as we had shared some history in the past. How they are now living and how are we, which we sometimes like to see. Apart from that we have no reasons to an unknown city of this world to Dhaka. Even comparing Chittagong with Kolkata is insane. We can look into the matters of Karachi and Kolkata. But Chittagong is Mumbai for BD and we want to see this as New York. Khulna is the only city in my opinion which has lot to look into Kolkata.

Let's have a DHAKA VS PARIS thread then! Open it and tag me.

Edit: And a CHITTAGONG VS NEW YORK thread also. Do tag me..

In BD.
@Maira La this time with VISA.

It's nice to relax in a village for some days after a hectic city life!

Btw, what's with Visa? You mean previously you were there as a citizen before they aspired to create a pure land?

 

[Homo Sapiens]

@gslv mk3, @Bombaywalla, @nForce, @Rain Man, @Mike_Brando, @IN-2030 this is yesterday's new item. I am not counting other tons of news in earlier times.Read

Modi govt's Smart Cities project has ignored villages: Akhilesh

Modi govt's Smart Cities project has ignored villages: Akhilesh - Firstpost

Sep 2, 2015 16:57 IST


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• Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the Modi government's 'Smart Cities' project has ignored villages while his administration in Uttar Pradesh is focusing on "planned development of both rural and urban areas".
  
  "Our government will offer full cooperation to the Centre in its efforts to develop smart cities in Uttar Pradesh. Though the endeavour appears as incongruous as wearing a tie while donning kurta and pyjama.
  
  
  
  
  UP CM Akhilesh Yadav. AFP
  
  "Ultra-modern townships scattered here and there would be of no use if the vast rural landscape connecting these smart cities was left undeveloped," Yadav said at Sadwan Kalan village, around 25 kms from the city.
  
  The Chief Minister was speaking after distributing laptops to meritorious students and launching a number of projects relating to education, transport and urban development.
  
  Yadav said "ever since the Samajwadi Party has been voted to power in the state, it has been making efforts to usher in planned development of both rural and urban areas. This is necessary not only for the villages but also for the cities".
  
  "In every city we get to hear cries of skyrocketing prices of vegetables and other edibles. If we go to villages, people complaint not about the rising prices but the lack of means trough which their agricultural produce can cater to the vast markets of the rapidly expanding cities.
  
  "If we develop mechanisms through which this gap is bridged, it would benefit both the farmers in the villages as well as the consumers in the cities," he said.
  
  Under attack over deteriorating law and order situation in the state, Yadav said "we are making serious efforts to make police more efficient. Instructions have been issued that whenever somebody dials 100 and lodges a complaint, a police party must reach the spot in not more than 20 minutes.
  
  "To make this possible, we are going to equip the department with hundreds of new vehicles".
  
  Yadav also rued adverse media coverage, saying "my photographs are always pasted alongside any news story related a hooch tragedy in Uttar Pradesh. This is despite the fact that it is known I am personally against liquor consumption".
  
  "UP is a huge state. Had it been a country, it would have been the fourth or fifth most populous one in the world. Governing it is a challenge. We have met this challenge well so far. The management of the Kumbh Mela by our government has won accolades from scholars of the Harvard University," he added.
  
  PTI
  

 

[nForce]

@gslv mk3, @Bombaywalla, @nForce, @Rain Man, @Mike_Brando, @IN-2030 this is yesterday's new item. I am not counting other tons of news in earlier times.Read

Modi govt's Smart Cities project has ignored villages: Akhilesh

Modi govt's Smart Cities project has ignored villages: Akhilesh - Firstpost

Sep 2, 2015 16:57 IST


17 Comments

• Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the Modi government's 'Smart Cities' project has ignored villages while his administration in Uttar Pradesh is focusing on "planned development of both rural and urban areas".
  
  "Our government will offer full cooperation to the Centre in its efforts to develop smart cities in Uttar Pradesh. Though the endeavour appears as incongruous as wearing a tie while donning kurta and pyjama.
  
  
  
  
  UP CM Akhilesh Yadav. AFP
  
  "Ultra-modern townships scattered here and there would be of no use if the vast rural landscape connecting these smart cities was left undeveloped," Yadav said at Sadwan Kalan village, around 25 kms from the city.
  
  The Chief Minister was speaking after distributing laptops to meritorious students and launching a number of projects relating to education, transport and urban development.
  
  Yadav said "ever since the Samajwadi Party has been voted to power in the state, it has been making efforts to usher in planned development of both rural and urban areas. This is necessary not only for the villages but also for the cities".
  
  "In every city we get to hear cries of skyrocketing prices of vegetables and other edibles. If we go to villages, people complaint not about the rising prices but the lack of means trough which their agricultural produce can cater to the vast markets of the rapidly expanding cities.
  
  "If we develop mechanisms through which this gap is bridged, it would benefit both the farmers in the villages as well as the consumers in the cities," he said.
  
  Under attack over deteriorating law and order situation in the state, Yadav said "we are making serious efforts to make police more efficient. Instructions have been issued that whenever somebody dials 100 and lodges a complaint, a police party must reach the spot in not more than 20 minutes.
  
  "To make this possible, we are going to equip the department with hundreds of new vehicles".
  
  Yadav also rued adverse media coverage, saying "my photographs are always pasted alongside any news story related a hooch tragedy in Uttar Pradesh. This is despite the fact that it is known I am personally against liquor consumption".
  
  "UP is a huge state. Had it been a country, it would have been the fourth or fifth most populous one in the world. Governing it is a challenge. We have met this challenge well so far. The management of the Kumbh Mela by our government has won accolades from scholars of the Harvard University," he added.
  
  PTI

It's no utopian state.. You just simply cannot feed every mouth. The opposition party will always try to find something or other to point out, business as usual.
That's why we have a system of budgeting. We plan for what has to be done ahead in time and allocate resources for that.
Whenever I see those people who say, "We don't want space missions, we want roads" - it makes me laugh. We simply cannot compare development in one aspect with the other. Both are necessary. Now how much resource we will put into each of these is decided during budgeting. We cannot do development in one dimension at the cost of other.
These politicians create hypes like these in order to exploit the people, where as they themselves don't have a great record to talk about either.
New townships, newer and planned cities are required, which is in sync with the kind of progress India is making. We need infrastructure to support that. We cannot bank upon the existing cities. There are limits to how much pressure one city can take. Newer cities will take the pressure off, provide better facilities and aid to further development.
Rural development has already been allocated a huge budget and there is nothing to worry about there.

 

[dray]

@gslv mk3, @Bombaywalla, @nForce, @Rain Man, @Mike_Brando, @IN-2030 this is yesterday's new item. I am not counting other tons of news in earlier times.Read

No self-respecting Indian would quote Akhilesh Yadav, neither bother about what he says.

Btw, 100 smart cities with world class infra is a good development for the growth and urbanization of India. And each of these 100 cities will be miles ahead of the only two cities (or one and a half cities) Bangladesh has.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

No self-respecting Indian would quote Akhilesh Yadav, neither bother about what he says.

Btw, 100 smart cities with world class infra is a good development for the growth and urbanization of India. And each of these 100 cities will be miles ahead of the only two cities (or one and a half cities) Bangladesh has.

India census exposes extent of poverty | Page 2

 

[dray]

India census exposes extent of poverty | Page 2

We are working on reducing that also, infrastructure development, 'make in India' program, opening up defence sector, building new sectors like electronics and semi-conductor industry, national skill development program, easing up Visa norms for tourism, river linking projects, rural road development profect, different ultra low cost insurance schemes for poor, low cost mass housing for poor, easing up policies for growth of industries, and several other meausures are being taken to create new jobs and reduce poverty.