Infrastructure and Energy Sector

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars The Vande Bharat Sleeper, Kinet version.

 

[SKC]

Ya'll Nibbiars The Vande Bharat Sleeper, Kinet version.

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@Haldilal People are not happy with even this.

They are expecting Bullet train level of design for even 130kmph speed train.

 

[Haldilal]

@Haldilal People are not happy with even this.

They are expecting Bullet train level of design for even 130kmph speed train.

Ya'll Nibbiars B***D me jaye.

 

[SKC]

Ya'll Nibbiars B***D me jaye.

I read one comment that literally said -

"Yeh to train hai! Isme kya alag banaya hai!
Railway wale humme ch**iya bana rahe hain!"

 

[Marliii]

Ya'll Nibbiars The Vande Bharat Sleeper, Kinet version.

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Is this legit?

 

[Suryavanshi]

I read one comment that literally said -

"Yeh to train hai! Isme kya alag banaya hai!
Railway wale humme ch**iya bana rahe hain!"

As a consequence of 2016 Jio Internet proliferation the internet got flooded with 80 IQ chimps.
I kinda sound like an elitist on this one but here me out.
Back in the good old 2012 to 2016 when I got on the internet there were very distinct kind of Indian on the internet. It was a very costly service so only people who could afford it were using it.
It was mostky Profesionals or anyone that had stakes and experience with life most likely.
Among the younger crowd there were those who had come hunting for study material which was my case.
The youtube comment of those times were a level more coherent and rational than whatever they are shitting out right now.

You can apply this to the phenomenon of phone call and texts messages as well. Back in the day you were being charged for evey second and people had to be more careful as to how they were using it. Using phone itself was an art if it could put it with a bit of hyperbole. SMS couldn't have been sent with just one liners or emojis, each message had to meaningful and informative.
The current generation is facing a sensory Overload coupled with short attention span, advetisment driven content and quick dopamine hits.

 

[jai jaganath]

Is this legit?

Amazing if true
One of the commendable development for IR
Looks amazing wrt aesthetics
Hope it looks the same

 

[Marliii]

Is this legit?

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars The Vande Shadaran.

 

[Delta Squad]

Ya'll Nibbiars The Vande Shadaran.

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So basically Mahamana 2.0

 

[Blademaster]

Ya'll Nibbiars The Vande Shadaran.

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Old wine in new bottle.

 

[Arjun Mk1A]

Ya'll Nibbiars The Vande Shadaran.

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Thats the 2S class coach Haldi.

Basically this entire concept looks like an DEMU in a different way.

 

[SKC]

 

[Blademaster]

We shouldn’t go for 2036 but 2048 since that means celebrating 100 years of independence.

 

[Atavistic]

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Paywalled article
₹20 trillion highway plan ready, may replace Bharatmala-2
Aim of the revised plan is to build more greenfield, access-controlled highways

In the current year, MoRTH has been allocated a record ₹2.7 trillion, most of which would be used by NHAI.

NEW DELHI :The second stage of the highway development programme Bharatmala may be withdrawn in favour of a ₹20 trillion, 20-year project, two persons aware of the development said.

According to them, the new strategy is to move to the more ambitious Vision 2047 plan that would involve building 50,000 km of highways including about 30,000-35,000 km of fenced-off expressways, involving an investment of more than ₹20 trillion.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Paywalled article
₹20 trillion highway plan ready, may replace Bharatmala-2
Aim of the revised plan is to build more greenfield, access-controlled highways

In the current year, MoRTH has been allocated a record ₹2.7 trillion, most of which would be used by NHAI.

For perspective,
Bharatamala Stage-2 had 5,000 kms fenced expressways
New plan has proposals of 45,000 kms expressways

 

[InfraMaxxer]

For perspective,
Bharatamala Stage-2 had 5,000 kms fenced expressways
New plan has proposals of 45,000 kms expressways

Timeline also increased significantly.

 

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars

 

[another_armchair]

Paywalled article
₹20 trillion highway plan ready, may replace Bharatmala-2
Aim of the revised plan is to build more greenfield, access-controlled highways

In the current year, MoRTH has been allocated a record ₹2.7 trillion, most of which would be used by NHAI.

Switch to reader mode in the browser(Firefox, Opera) to read paywalled articles in Livemint. Economictimes has found a fix to it though lol.

www.livemint.com/economy/20-trillion-highway-plan-ready-may-replace-bharatmala2/11697128420967.html

Summary
Aim of the revised plan is to build more greenfield, access-controlled highways
NEW DELHI : The second stage of the highway development programme Bharatmala may be withdrawn in favour of a ₹20 trillion, 20-year project, two persons aware of the development said.

According to them, the new strategy is to move to the more ambitious Vision 2047 plan that would involve building 50,000 km of highways including about 30,000-35,000 km of fenced-off expressways, involving an investment of more than ₹20 trillion.

The government had finalized the more modest Bharatmala scheme in 2017, when the Cabinet approved the phase 1 programme.

Phase 1 involved construction of 34,800 km of highways that would link several of the existing road infrastructure while providing better connectivity to various industrial corridors.

Approval for phase 2 involving construction of just around 5,000 km of fenced-off highways with an investment of ₹3 trillion was expected this year as the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) had finalized a note for the cabinet for quick approval.

“The thinking within the ministry now is to withdraw the Bharatmala stage 2 plan and move a fresh cabinet note on the Vision 2047 plan which is in final stages of preparation with identification of new road alignments and completion of detailed project reports (DPR) for greenfield projects," said one of the two persons quoted above.

“The new Vision plan would also incorporate elements of Bharatmala 2 programme that also focuses on building a network of expressways across the country."

A query sent to MoRTH remained unanswered at press time.

MoRTH presented Vision 2047 to the council of ministers recently and hopes specific projects under it would be separately approved by the cabinet soon, before a go-ahead is given to its implementation.

Though the total cost of all projects under the Vision plan is still being worked out, going by past record under Bharatmala, the investment may well exceed ₹20 trillion.

“We started building expressways on a large scale for the first time under Bharatmala programme. Later, a study suggested that building greenfield expressways would contribute substantially to reducing logistics cost in the country. So, under Vision 2047, we are looking at a network of greenfield access-controlled highways," MoRTH secretary Anurag Jain had told Mint in an interview earlier.

The ministry is working on its Vision 2047 document with the hope that the finance ministry would continue to plough record allocations for the sector in the coming years to help it complete capital intensive and long-gestation projects.

In the current year, MoRTH has been allocated a record ₹2.7 trillion, most of which would be used by state-run National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Efforts are also on by the ministry to attract private investment for greenfield roads by reviving the ‘build own transfer’ or BoT model that once drove the sector. This is expected to relieve pressure on the Centre.

Vision 2047 is likely to be much bigger than Bharatmala, with 30,000-35,000 km of access-controlled highways built before the 100th anniversary of Independence in 2047. In fact, the ministry expects to complete the work much earlier—in the next 13-14 years—if adequate funding is provided. The Vision programme is also likely to include the projects under Bharatmala.

As of July 2023, 47 expressways with a combined length of just over 5,000 km were operational, and around 9,000 km more were under construction.

Once Vision 2047 is approved, another set of 27-30 projects may be taken up to build 30,000 km of access-controlled or fenced-off highways running across the country, taking the total network of such roads to around 45,000 km.

National Highways, with a total length of about 145,000 km, serve as the arterial network of the country. Overall, road projects exceeding 65,000 km in length, costing more than ₹11 trillion are in progress.

Of this, work on more than 39,000 km length has been completed. Work on the remaining 26,000 km is in progress.

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