Going Beyond 14 Minutes
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Following news reports appeared in yesterday’s papers
:
The carrier will be able to carry
nuclear warhead at 43,200 kilometres per hour
velocity
[ Pune Mirror ]
A 100 km Hyperloop route between Navi
Mumbai and Pune will cost Rs 26,000 crores,
but ticket-cost 1 / 10th the cost of airfare , said Maharashtra
Government on Thursday
[ Times of India ]
I am reminded of what someone said :
“ It is alright to build Castles in the air – as long as you know how
to put foundations underneath those castles , later on “
Let us rise above the “ 14 Minute Syndrome “ and congratulate Shri
Devendra Fadnavis – Chief Minister, Maharashtra , for “ thinking BIG
/ dreaming BIG “ , as evident from his following recent decisions :
·
22.5 Km long Trans
Harbour Bridge to connect Sewree with New Mumbai
·
A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ( at 210 M tall , highest in World )
China tried very hard to grab the Mumbai
– Ahmedabad bullet train project ( costing Rs
1 lakh*crore ) but lost it to Japan
Rising above all the objections ( some
very valid too ), to what opposition parties call “ an expensive toy of
doubtful utility “, let us hope that this bullet train brings in to our
babu-culture , a “ change of attitude “
exemplified by the following news appearing in today’s Mumbai Mirror :
“ Japan : Train departs 20 seconds early , rail operator apologises “
What would have the Managing
Director of that Japanese Rail Company done, if the train had reached the
destination 20 seconds late ?
Read :
Bullet
Train and Work Ethics [ 16 Sept
2017 ]
19 Nov 2017
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