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Posted: Oct 19 2015 (20:47)
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Last Response: Oct 26 2015 (18:39)
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Last Response: Oct 26 2015 (18:39)
Earlier there was debate on which is oldest railway zone.
ER fans were saying that ER is oldest..
now ER has itself posted photo on their FB page that ER is "second" oldest..
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ER fans were saying that ER is oldest..
now ER has itself posted photo on their FB page that ER is "second" oldest..
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They were hardworking and disciplined. While Indians were engaged in hard labour, the british provided the technical skills and equipments, and helped work lines which back then was regarded as one of the toughest ever built. Since they worked in a tropical country which has tropical diseases(and weren't immune to it) many of them died too.
1. British were not concerned with the development of the country, they were concerned with their profit and convenience. Railways were primarily established to enable British and their Indian employees to travel across India in comfort and also to haul freight quickly.
2. They were not required to present a budget and respond to requests from MPs for new trains and new lines.
3. They did not have to go through 15 different committees to start work on a new line
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2. They were not required to present a budget and respond to requests from MPs for new trains and new lines.
3. They did not have to go through 15 different committees to start work on a new line
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15 committees, land acquisition issues and stuff are related more to"bureaucracy issues" than those of democracy.
But agree thoroughly with first point, railways weren't built with altruistic intentions, but then, when was the last time any country invested in any other country with altruistic intentions???
Even India's vast investments in other countries (which are worth billions of USD) are all made with one or the other profit in mind, so it is unfair to expect the same from other countries (although our investments aren't made with such exploitative intentions or with the intentions...
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But agree thoroughly with first point, railways weren't built with altruistic intentions, but then, when was the last time any country invested in any other country with altruistic intentions???
Even India's vast investments in other countries (which are worth billions of USD) are all made with one or the other profit in mind, so it is unfair to expect the same from other countries (although our investments aren't made with such exploitative intentions or with the intentions...
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Bureaucracy is a unique aspect of democracy. Autocrats and kings of the world are unlikely to show patience with their 'babus' delaying things they want done!
I agree with you on the altruism concept on foreign lands. I was just trying to outline why it takes much longer to build route lengths post-independence. The one additional factor is political apathy because most RMs have focussed on building immediate political capital by announcing new trains rather than spend money on infrastructure. There is a big scope for improvement on that front.
I agree with you on the altruism concept on foreign lands. I was just trying to outline why it takes much longer to build route lengths post-independence. The one additional factor is political apathy because most RMs have focussed on building immediate political capital by announcing new trains rather than spend money on infrastructure. There is a big scope for improvement on that front.
The main cause of rapid expansion of rail networks under the Crown was easy or huge capital investments available for it's construction and less red-tapism of bureaucracy.
Apart that nothing was special - Bristish provided technology & natives were toiling hard.
Apart this Indian rail line workers were also taken to Africa by Britishers for railway construction, as they found Indians very good at rail line construction (especially Mistry community of Western India).
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Apart that nothing was special - Bristish provided technology & natives were toiling hard.
Apart this Indian rail line workers were also taken to Africa by Britishers for railway construction, as they found Indians very good at rail line construction (especially Mistry community of Western India).
Thanks!