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Posted: Feb 21 2017 (16:34)
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Last Response: Feb 23 2017 (16:46)
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Last Response: Feb 23 2017 (16:46)
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HAREESHMANGALAM~ 1194 news posts
Bengaluru-Hassan rail line took 21 years to be completed and cost almost Rs 1,300 crore, three times the cost of launching ISRO's Mars mission
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read more... Going to Mars was way, way cheaper
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NH too face land acquisitions like railways and are not completed in time. They too take 1-2 yrs for land acquisitions and project competition takes 36-48 months though the stipulated time is 30months after handing over land. Total project will take 60 months and cost overruns.
Random alignment? The 4 lane and 6 lane roads eliminate as many curves as possible, hence travel at 100Kmph or more is possible. The ghat sections too are eliminated as much as possible. They too have stringent standards to adhere to. There is lot more agitations during land acquisition for NHs than railways.
In this 20 years you talk of, 5 years NDA 1 was in power, 2.5 years this govt. And in KA too they were in power for more than 5 years.
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Yes let's see if this govt. completes the GC of remaining stretches in TN. And after GC how many trains they will ply?
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Yes let's see if this govt. completes the GC of remaining stretches in TN. And after GC how many trains they will ply?
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My mistake, 'random' was probably not a very good choice of words here. :)
I meant that the engineering restrictions for roads and road vehicles are somewhat more relaxed than that of train routes. Curves can be banked, and larger gradients can be dealt with more effectively than that of a railway track where no such flexibility exists. Roads can be banked to higher angles, and can deal with much larger gradients easily while still maintaining the high speed requirements. So, minor realignments etc are technically as problematic for roads as they are for rails.
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I meant that the engineering restrictions for roads and road vehicles are somewhat more relaxed than that of train routes. Curves can be banked, and larger gradients can be dealt with more effectively than that of a railway track where no such flexibility exists. Roads can be banked to higher angles, and can deal with much larger gradients easily while still maintaining the high speed requirements. So, minor realignments etc are technically as problematic for roads as they are for rails.
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