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date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:44:49 -0700 (PDT),
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OT but imagine this in the UK ! - Human costs of new India rail link
What are the human costs of building a railway link in one of India's
most restive regions?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7470704.stm
date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:44:49 -0700 (PDT)
author: unknown
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Re: OT but imagine this in the UK ! - Human costs of new India rail link
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> What are the human costs of building a railway link in one of India's
> most restive regions?
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7470704.stm
Something's gone wrong with the figures:
'Today, Indian Railways operate at least 11,000 trains every day covering
63,465km (39,435 miles) across the length and breadth of the country, making
it one of the world's largest rail networks.'
Surely each train covers more than 6 km.
I suspect that the 63,465 km refers to route km, not train km.
Peter
date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:56:13 +0100
author: Peter Masson
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Re: OT but imagine this in the UK ! - Human costs of new India
rail link
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:44:49 -0700, nickw7coc@gmail.com wrote:
> What are the human costs of building a railway link in one of India's
> most restive regions?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7470704.stm
On top of all that, a raging tribal insurgency in Tripura has ensured
that the $186m, 109km-long (68-mile) link took 15 years to build.
That's nothing, they should see how long it took to build CTRL!
date: 28 Jun 2008 21:13:21 GMT
author: Ar
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