Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Real Change that comes with High-Speed Railways

Till now most of us have talked about High-Speed railways as that bulky financial project which will lead us to a financial crisis in our country. Even the authorities are not very optimistic about this project as well. But we have considered the advantage of this railways when it comes to our country.
Employment wise:
  • Almost 100 thousand construction jobs will be generated
  • 450 thousand permanent jobs will also be generated.

Energy wise

  • HSR takes 1/3 the energy of airplanes.
  • 1/5 the energy of automobiles.
  • Will save over 15-20 million barrel of oil/ year which straight away decreases cost of our petrol, diesel etc.

Growth of cities

  • HSR will help in growth of cities by connecting it with smaller towns and villages. For example, if I live in NAGPUR and get a job in Pune then I will prefer to stay in Nagpur and go to Pune everyday if it's economical and rapid for me to reach. That's what we aim for in HSR.
  • Growth of population will be under control for a particular cities, means our water supply schemes can be used for 4-5 decades as population growth will not be that much. So our tax money can be used in benefit of our cities and not in rebuilding the same things.

Economic Development

  • Better connectivity means better economic development, these are directly proportional.
  • International market will be open to us in a much bigger way.

These are just the impacts which we have considered and there will be thousand many impacts on our society and countries development. It is important that we support this movement and help in countries development. That's why we say:

"MOVEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT "


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