India Developing, but still a long way to go
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I like your signature. Similarly, I wear negative ratings by bigoted Pakistanis like a badge of honour. :thumbsup:
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Cannot agree with you more, but little do they know that their ratings are worthless. I'd bet that these 2 paisa nut jobs have no power in real life.
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Some people giving ratings can compensate their trauma in real life....let it goCannot agree with you more, but little do they know that their ratings are worthless. I'd bet that these 2 paisa nut jobs have no power in real life.
My comment was given negative, then deleted....
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Bogibeel, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge in Northeast, to be completed by 2018
Said to be India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, the Bogibeel double-deck bridge is all set to be fully operational by March 2018. The bridge is being built over the Brahmaputra in the Dibrugarh district of Assam, connecting the North and the South banks of the river. Once complete, it will greatly benefit the lesser developed areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The lower deck of the bridge will comprise of a two-line railway track and the upper deck will boast of a three-lane road. The total length of the rail-cum-road bridge is 4940m or 4.9 km. The entire project involves laying down 74 km of railway line, including the rail linking on the North and South banks of the river. The rail line will be linked to Chowalkhowa, that is 5.83km from Dibrugarh, on the South Bank and Sisi Borgaon and Sirpani on the North bank. The present estimated cost of the entire Bogibeel bridge project (including the linking from banks) is Rs 4,857 crore.
For the purpose of building the bridge, Indian Railways had to constrict the expanse of the Brahmaputra river from 10 kilometres to 5 kilometres. This involved construction of ‘guide bunds’. ‘Guide bunds’ also help in protecting the barrage (bridge structure) from erosion, control the velocity of river water flow and its tendency to change course. Explains PranavJyoti Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Frontier Railway, “What was challenging for the Indian Railways was the fact that it (the bridge) is being built over a 5km expanse of the river. You have to train the river to flow under the bridge. It’s no mean feat.”
What else makes the bridge special? Says PranavJyoti Sharma, “This is a 100% welded bridge and we are using technology from firms of Sweden and Denmark. Being 100% welded makes the bridge lightweight. Fully welded girders ensure reduction in weight in comparison with the riveted girders. It also makes the bridge less costly.” “State-of-the-art technology is being used for the construction of this bridge,” he adds.
The bridge, which is being built entirely by the Indian Railways (both rail and road parts), has been under construction for several years now. Its foundation stone was first laid by the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002. The trial runs for trains on the bridge will begin in 2017 and with its expected completion in 2018, the Bogibeel bridge will add one more important chapter to railway connectivity in the Northeast.
Said to be India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, the Bogibeel double-deck bridge is all set to be fully operational by March 2018. The bridge is being built over the Brahmaputra in the Dibrugarh district of Assam, connecting the North and the South banks of the river. Once complete, it will greatly benefit the lesser developed areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The lower deck of the bridge will comprise of a two-line railway track and the upper deck will boast of a three-lane road. The total length of the rail-cum-road bridge is 4940m or 4.9 km. The entire project involves laying down 74 km of railway line, including the rail linking on the North and South banks of the river. The rail line will be linked to Chowalkhowa, that is 5.83km from Dibrugarh, on the South Bank and Sisi Borgaon and Sirpani on the North bank. The present estimated cost of the entire Bogibeel bridge project (including the linking from banks) is Rs 4,857 crore.
For the purpose of building the bridge, Indian Railways had to constrict the expanse of the Brahmaputra river from 10 kilometres to 5 kilometres. This involved construction of ‘guide bunds’. ‘Guide bunds’ also help in protecting the barrage (bridge structure) from erosion, control the velocity of river water flow and its tendency to change course. Explains PranavJyoti Sharma, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Frontier Railway, “What was challenging for the Indian Railways was the fact that it (the bridge) is being built over a 5km expanse of the river. You have to train the river to flow under the bridge. It’s no mean feat.”
What else makes the bridge special? Says PranavJyoti Sharma, “This is a 100% welded bridge and we are using technology from firms of Sweden and Denmark. Being 100% welded makes the bridge lightweight. Fully welded girders ensure reduction in weight in comparison with the riveted girders. It also makes the bridge less costly.” “State-of-the-art technology is being used for the construction of this bridge,” he adds.
The bridge, which is being built entirely by the Indian Railways (both rail and road parts), has been under construction for several years now. Its foundation stone was first laid by the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002. The trial runs for trains on the bridge will begin in 2017 and with its expected completion in 2018, the Bogibeel bridge will add one more important chapter to railway connectivity in the Northeast.
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That is because Lahore is Indian city. Lahore, a Hindu/Sikh majority city was one of the most prosperous city and cultural hub of India. I used *is* because obviously Lahore still has some Indianness i.e. some of its original identity. It needs more Islam. Lahoris are perhaps not yet good Muslims.
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It will be a pleasure if you have details of lahore city
1. How many 5 star hotels in lahore?
2. How many super/multi speciality hospitals in lahore
3. How many educational institutions in the range of IIT
4. How many foreign tourists visit lahore
5. How many world heritage well known even outside the country
6. What about metro rail connectivity in the city
7. What is the tallest building under construction in lahore
8. How many big trees on sides of roads in lahore(overall greenery)
9. What is the budget allocation for lahore city from govt.
10. How many multinational corporation exists in lahore city
11. How many passengers travelling through lahore airport and how big
and facilities available in lahore airport
12. What about rail infrastructure in lahore
and the list going on...
After all this is from former pakistan minister comment, who visited Delhi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ped-on-similar-lines/articleshow/17799719.cms
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Lahore and Lahoris are more Islamic than than Hindus anywhere in india because hinduism isn't taken seriously by its own followers--let alone the world
Lahore's identity is based around Islam, it's grand architecture, and it's exquisite cuisine that isn't "indian" vegetarian but is inspired from wider cuisine of Muslim Central Asia-Turkey-Iran Mughlai etc.
What 'culture' delhi has? When I was there in 2011--majority of young girls were wearing pants with no class. Come to Lahore some day, overwhelming majority of girls would be in classy shalwar kameez with elegant fitting. They look pretty (no wonder indian guys drool over Pakistani girls, and indian buzzfeed reporter call indians the "ugly neighbor of beautiful Pakistanis")...
Buddy, rhetoric is easy. But reality is bitter for some...
My indian-American friends actually shared similar views about Lahore being superior to any indian city they have been to in terms of culture, vibe, cuisine, infrastructure, and even beauty stock of girls..
But indians can keep repeating their embarrassment and claim Lahore is worse than 3rd rate indian cities with no toilets....
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Monorail approaching Mint Colony Station | Line 2 | Bombay | MH
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Only reality as seen by myself!
I have visited Delhi in 2011-12 year and my Indian-American friends came to me to Pakistan (and visited Lahore). My comment about Lahore 'having it all' in terms of history, cuisine, culture,vibe, infrastructure was actually uttered by one of my Indian-American friend...
I have seen indian cities bud and I have lived in Pakistan.
Generally, Pakistani cities are much less congested, and much cleaner than their indian counter parts..
I remember that when "kumkum" (forgot her real name) came to Pakistan--she gave an interview to one indian magazine about her experience...and in one portion of the interview, she praised Pakistan's urban development compared to downtrodden situation of indian cities..
No need to be knee jerk about it..You do realize that throughout last 70 years, Pakistan's wealth generation and per capita income was better than india's for the most part. It is only few years ago that you have surpassed us in per capita income and economic activity due to our slowdown in war on terror etc. So it makes perfect sense for us to have superior living conditions, less poverty, and more urbanization than india. I'm sure within few decades, you'll be at par or even better than us.
But cities aren't build over few days you know. Decades are required. And in previous decades, we had it better...and hence resultingly we have created better cities.
More culture, less poverty, superior infrastructure, much superior Urban organization, more greenary, more affluence, more authentic and diverse cuisine and overall an unmatched vibe...
Writing "Delhi has better infrastructure than Lahore" is easy..but reality is shameful for shitty indian cities
Just look here..
Only 25% of Delhi's population lives in planned areas...while majority of the Delhi's population lives in slums, jhuggis, and so on and as a whole, Delhi is extremely dirty because there's no organized sanitation in these slums where majority of the people actually live and 75% of city's garbage goes on streets...
All of the above is direct quote from indian sources themselves
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ation-lives-in-slums/articleshow/16664224.cms
Lahore doesn't even have slums---it has "old city" which is old Mughal era Lahore city with tight streets, closely build houses in "walled" spaces, and Mughal architecture...That's considered the "bad" part of Lahore since it's not sprawling modern urban city that rest of Lahore is.
Further, according to the available figures...Delhi's per capita income in 2013 was $3,000 or so...Lahore per capita income is more double than this and it's HDI is in the category of "very high"
And for Lahore, these are old figures from almost a decade ago....latest figures for Lahore would be extremely positive since A LOT of development has been done since then in Lahore in every sector (social, cultural, and economic)
Simple wikipedia glossover for both cities establishes Lahore's superiority over indian cities quite easily..It's not hard buddy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi
Please stop comparing delhi to Lahore. It's an insult to the greatest city of South Asia bar none.
Pakistan as a whole has less poverty (2015 multidimensional poverty Index of UNDP), much better sanitation (worldbank 2016), much higher percentage of population having access to clean water source (90% of population, WB), and overall a more urbanized society with higher percentages of people living in cities, using internet, and so on compared to india...
Furthermore per capita GDP of Pakistan is still better than india's (when you compare two economies with 2010 as calculation base. Right now, wikipedia shows Pakistani GDP per capita with Pakistani economy based on 1998 as the base-calculation year, while india has 2010 as its base year), and we also boast a much stronger military machine on per million person per sq kilometer basis.
There is a reason Pakistan is consistently ranked higher than india when it comes to Happiness-Index which takes into account over-all quality of life in a given country taking into account a various factors such as GDP per capita, urbanization, income inequality, healthcare quality, literacy rates, quality of education, security, sanitation, access to clean water, poverty, social cohesion, and many more.
The results are pretty accurate in giving overall picture of a country---it's no surprise that Nordic nations (Sweden/Norway etc) generally come out to be on top.
Now, you can go back to ranting about imaginary dreamy world of urs where india is the supa powa and not a poverty stricken shit-hole...
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