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Mumbai bridge collapse exposes its poor infrastructure


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Indra Mishra
White paper on proposing a change in the supervision & implem
by Indra Mishra on Aug 03, 2018 03:09 PM

But as an Engineer my concern is about development/ construction of robust & durable transport infrastructures .The shortsightedness of development policies are gnawing at the foundations of bridges in the country.
Selection of construction agencies is more of the client’s requirement but where its implementation is concerned, where supervision & quality assurance is concerned, our role is important and crucial one. There are innumerable shortcomings on supervision & quality assurance’s fronts but one that relates to the selections & policy frameworks & which from my core of my heart I want that Authorities should act on it as follows:
One of the factors for poor inspection standards is the age of Supervision Engineer. Maximum age limit for supervision & quality assurance Engineer (Independent Engineer or Authority’s Engineer) is 65 years which is dangerously leading to lagging in supervision & quality assurance of the project work.
For supervision & quality assurance work, it is required to have experience, expertise, qualifications focus, passion, innovation, involvement, excellence, stamina, integrity, zeal & enthusiasms etc.The supervision & inspection Engineer shall discharge its duties in a fair, impartial and efficient manner, consistent with the highest standards of professional integrity and Good Industry Practice.
In last 15 years, rapid infrastructure development has taken place & hence there is no deart

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Indra Mishra
White paper on proposing a change in the supervision & im
by Indra Mishra on Aug 03, 2018 03:07 PM

Infrastructure deficit: Built to last or built too fast?
How to build infrastructure quickly and efficiently: Learn from the Chinese
How to build infrastructure with time and cost-overrun: Learn from the Indians

Dear Sir,
With vast network of deep & wide perennial rivers, cities situated on river banks & densely populated masses; construction of bridge infrastructure is the need of the hour. But on the front of design & durability, it can be gauged by the fact that bridges in India are designed to withstand 50 floods whereas it is 150 in the developed countries.
In India, the aging period of bridges is 30 to 40 years. But there are prominent bridges more than 100 years old and had been constructed during the British era.
As the bridges and the expressways they span keep rising, construction has become an end unto itself. Fueled by government-backed loans and urged on by the big construction companies and officials who profit from them, many of the projects are piling up debt and breeding corruption while producing questionable transportation benefits.
As a developing nation, rapid development of transport infrastructure is happening in India like some other developing countries. The eye-popping structures have slashed travel times in some areas, made business easier and generated a sizable slice of the country’s economy, laying a foundation, in theory at least, for decades of future growth.


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Indra Mishra
White paper on proposing a change in the supervision & implem
by Indra Mishra on Aug 03, 2018 03:05 PM

Infrastructure deficit: Built to last or built too fast?
How to build infrastructure quickly and efficiently: Learn from the Chinese
How to build infrastructure with time and cost-overrun: Learn from the Indians

Dear Sir,
With vast network of deep & wide perennial rivers, cities situated on river banks & densely populated masses; construction of bridge infrastructure is the need of the hour. But on the front of design & durability, it can be gauged by the fact that bridges in India are designed to withstand 50 floods whereas it is 150 in the developed countries.
In India, the aging period of bridges is 30 to 40 years. But there are prominent bridges more than 100 years old and had been constructed during the British era.
As the bridges and the expressways they span keep rising, construction has become an end unto itself. Fueled by government-backed loans and urged on by the big construction companies and officials who profit from them, many of the projects are piling up debt and breeding corruption while producing questionable transportation benefits.
As a developing nation, rapid development of transport infrastructure is happening in India like some other developing countries. The eye-popping structures have slashed travel times in some areas, made business easier and generated a sizable slice of the country’s economy, laying a foundation, in theory at least, for decades of future growth.


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Indra Mishra
White paper on proposing a change in the supervision & implem
by Indra Mishra on Aug 03, 2018 03:05 PM

Infrastructure deficit: Built to last or built too fast?
How to build infrastructure quickly and efficiently: Learn from the Chinese
How to build infrastructure with time and cost-overrun: Learn from the Indians

Dear Sir,
With vast network of deep & wide perennial rivers, cities situated on river banks & densely populated masses; construction of bridge infrastructure is the need of the hour. But on the front of design & durability, it can be gauged by the fact that bridges in India are designed to withstand 50 floods whereas it is 150 in the developed countries.
In India, the aging period of bridges is 30 to 40 years. But there are prominent bridges more than 100 years old and had been constructed during the British era.
As the bridges and the expressways they span keep rising, construction has become an end unto itself. Fueled by government-backed loans and urged on by the big construction companies and officials who profit from them, many of the projects are piling up debt and breeding corruption while producing questionable transportation benefits.
As a developing nation, rapid development of transport infrastructure is happening in India like some other developing countries. The eye-popping structures have slashed travel times in some areas, made business easier and generated a sizable slice of the country’s economy, laying a foundation, in theory at least, for decades of future growth.


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Indra Mishra
White paper on proposing a change in the supervision & implem
by Indra Mishra on Aug 03, 2018 03:05 PM

Infrastructure deficit: Built to last or built too fast?
How to build infrastructure quickly and efficiently: Learn from the Chinese
How to build infrastructure with time and cost-overrun: Learn from the Indians

Dear Sir,
With vast network of deep & wide perennial rivers, cities situated on river banks & densely populated masses; construction of bridge infrastructure is the need of the hour. But on the front of design & durability, it can be gauged by the fact that bridges in India are designed to withstand 50 floods whereas it is 150 in the developed countries.
In India, the aging period of bridges is 30 to 40 years. But there are prominent bridges more than 100 years old and had been constructed during the British era.
As the bridges and the expressways they span keep rising, construction has become an end unto itself. Fueled by government-backed loans and urged on by the big construction companies and officials who profit from them, many of the projects are piling up debt and breeding corruption while producing questionable transportation benefits.
As a developing nation, rapid development of transport infrastructure is happening in India like some other developing countries. The eye-popping structures have slashed travel times in some areas, made business easier and generated a sizable slice of the country’s economy, laying a foundation, in theory at least, for decades of future growth.


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Indra Mishra
White paper on proposing a change in the supervision & implem
by Indra Mishra on Aug 03, 2018 03:05 PM

Infrastructure deficit: Built to last or built too fast?
How to build infrastructure quickly and efficiently: Learn from the Chinese
How to build infrastructure with time and cost-overrun: Learn from the Indians

Dear Sir,
With vast network of deep & wide perennial rivers, cities situated on river banks & densely populated masses; construction of bridge infrastructure is the need of the hour. But on the front of design & durability, it can be gauged by the fact that bridges in India are designed to withstand 50 floods whereas it is 150 in the developed countries.
In India, the aging period of bridges is 30 to 40 years. But there are prominent bridges more than 100 years old and had been constructed during the British era.
As the bridges and the expressways they span keep rising, construction has become an end unto itself. Fueled by government-backed loans and urged on by the big construction companies and officials who profit from them, many of the projects are piling up debt and breeding corruption while producing questionable transportation benefits.
As a developing nation, rapid development of transport infrastructure is happening in India like some other developing countries. The eye-popping structures have slashed travel times in some areas, made business easier and generated a sizable slice of the country’s economy, laying a foundation, in theory at least, for decades of future growth.


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Sammer Bhagwat
India needs good leaders to understand business of country
by Sammer Bhagwat on Jul 04, 2018 05:20 PM

India needs good leaders to understand business of country. Everyone is running PARTY with high-tech but left the country to die.

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