Very soon water is going to be a big problem. Can planners think of large water catchment areas below mountain ranges. This will be more in need in the future than fanciful bridges.
Re: Forget fanciful bridges. Think of large water catchment areas
by Indian indian on Jun 19, 2010 08:34 PM
lets catch water first then we will build a bridge
Re: NOT architectural wonders
by XianYe on Jun 19, 2010 02:15 PM
no architects? you got be kidding. these bridges are designed by great architects. civil engineering (construction) follows architectural design. Achitecture by itself is nothing but an art. it is useless if not aacompanied by engineering. got it? pure jealousy won't get you anywhere.
Re: Re: NOT architectural wonders
by Sunit Kumar on Jun 20, 2010 03:59 PM
Hey stupid, everyone here is appriciating China, i think u were so sure that some one would critisize but no one did and so u had to post this message, get a life !!
Re: statues here
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jun 19, 2010 08:33 PM
Atleast there are no beggars in china. Atleast the laborers get to eat, have shade and survive.
Besides, their government provides them with the best & modern facilities available anywhere in the world.
Anybody involved in corruption is shot down whether he is the president or the minister of that country.
The more stunning thing is that none of them are named after Mao Zedong or Deng Xiaoping.
I have to point out that these are not the top stunning bridges in China. Tianxinzhou bridge in Wuhan is great too. The 4,657-meter cable suspension bridge is the biggest combined highway and railway bridge in the world. As the sixth bridge and the second highway-railway bridge over the Yangtze River, the bridge sets four records with its 504-meter span, 30-meter width, load capacity of 20,000 tons and a permissible train speed of 250 kilometers per hour. The cost was 11 billion RMB (or about US$1.6 billion)
Re: The more stunning thing
by Sridhar Raman on Jun 19, 2010 07:22 AM
We will never build such bridges in India even if it was built the names would have been Rajiv ghandi bridge, indra ghandhi bridge, jawharlal nehru bridge sonia bridge, rajivSonia bridge
Re: The more stunning thing
by XianYe on Jun 19, 2010 10:21 AM
A small correction: the sixth and 2nd highway-railway bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan area. There are literally hundreds of bridges spanning the Yangtze River. The Dashengguan Bridge nearly 1000 km downstream that will serve the soon-to-be-opened Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is one fine recent example.
Re: The more stunning thing
by ratheesh raman on Jun 19, 2010 05:40 AM
in communism naming the things after leaders is not generally encouraged...and even in USSR the cities with names of leaders were later changed....
may be that is one reason.
but the obverse is true with US...where like in India airports etc are named after leaders, and the aircraft carriers are specifically named after US presidents/generals, even the ones living.
Re: Re: The more stunning thing
by Rajendra Gupta on Jun 19, 2010 10:47 AM
But not only one family for 60 years.Jawah,indira,rajeev.Why sanjiv' name is not used?We are sick of this family.
Re: Re: The more stunning thing
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jun 19, 2010 08:34 PM
Atleast there are no beggars in china. Atleast the laborers get to eat, have shade and survive.
Besides, their government provides them with the best & modern facilities available anywhere in the world.
Anybody involved in corruption is shot down whether he is the president or the minister of that country.
Re: Re: Re: Re: The
by GLADIATOR on Jun 19, 2010 10:29 AM
U are right, Howrah is a good bridge, no kidding. It still remains one of the marvels though it is a smaller ones compared to more modern ones.
first connect all the rives and solve the water problem in india..our strength is agriculture..we must focus on that..there will be a greater demand for food in the near future..as the population of the world is increasing
Re: first connect all the rivers and slove the water problem t
by ratheesh raman on Jun 19, 2010 04:32 AM
inter linking all rivers may not be a great idea as it sounds...some of the rivers can be linked to bring in the flood water in north to the plains of central and south India.
but otherwise it will be an ecological disaster...
may be one big canal linking north and south rivers may be done, since it will also aid in transportation of goods via water...
most of the rivers in the peninsular India (except the ones flowing west from western gats) is dammed to the maximum extend...i was told that in Godavari alone there are 18 dams. for sure some drops only might reach the ocean.
we defenitely need to have a good plan for economical use of available water
Re: first connect all the rivers and slove the water problem t
by Thue on Jun 18, 2010 06:03 PM
No river connects for kaveri. It is born for kannada, live for kannada and ends in kannada land. If we giving kaveri waters to tamil land then how can we fights with other peoples. We kannadas are unity only when fights with tamils, so it good to keep kaveri problems it also useful for our politicians to win elections saying kaveri is only for kannada lands.
Re: Re: first connect all the rivers and slove the water problem
by aditya on Jun 19, 2010 01:33 AM
chindhi chor tamilian learn any launguage other than tamil and then u start writing in english
Re: Re: first connect all the rivers and slove the water problem
by Roopal Vaish on Jun 19, 2010 05:39 AM
And thats why India will never become a great modern nation.
Re: Difference
by ratheesh raman on Jun 19, 2010 04:36 AM
the main thing we lack is ambition...we just say we will become a superpower and that even we dont beleive while saying this.
currently there is hardly any ambitious project running in India...the last minor one was i think konkan railway.
Re: Re: Difference
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jun 19, 2010 08:35 PM
Atleast there are no beggars in china. Atleast the laborers get to eat, have shade and survive.
Besides, their government provides them with the best & modern facilities available anywhere in the world.
Anybody involved in corruption is shot down whether he is the president or the minister of that country.
Re: Difference
by Sagar Muniram on Jun 19, 2010 10:33 AM
Why have not mentioned about population? China busy strictly controlling population since last 30 years, India busy increasing population continuously for votes.
Re: Difference
by united india on Jun 18, 2010 05:28 PM
INDIANS busy finding a name of GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER & WONDERFUL STATESMAN to name its ONE sea link---They found out RAJIV GANDHI!!! china busy making number of sea links & NOT naming any bridges on THEIR great statesmen...
There were lot of HUE & CRY over bandra-worli sea link...media made lot of hype regarding INDIA SUPERPOWER---INDIA ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER & bla bla...Look at china--they have already couple of such sea links & that too LONGER & BIGGER than MUMBAI's RAJIV GANDHI SEA LINK!!!! As if ONLY RAJIV gandhi was behind ALL india's development & other's r fools!!!!
Re: where r indian bridges???
by ratheesh raman on Jun 19, 2010 04:37 AM
its just natural that the party in power will name the infrastructure in the name of their leaders...i guess all parties in India do that
Re: where r indian bridges???
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jun 19, 2010 08:35 PM
Atleast there are no beggars in china. Atleast the laborers get to eat, have shade and survive.
Besides, their government provides them with the best & modern facilities available anywhere in the world.
Anybody involved in corruption is shot down whether he is the president or the minister of that country.
