Take the brand new 'Madgaon Rly Station': the main platform is 'paved evenly' only in the central foyer area! The rest of this long platform is very uneven! As a result one cannot use a trolley wheel suitcase or luggage of the type etc. without damaging the luggage for good. The Platform is built for Coolies carrying luggage on their heads; or straining your arms and shoulders carrying the same yourself. Is this not what designers and builders should watch out for?
The Madgaon Rly overbridge! What an eyesore! Wouldn't it have been better that the railway lines were lifted over, to allow for traffic underneath; when the Konkan Rly tracks were being re aligned and rebuilt? At the same time all the illicit constructions and encroachments alongside the level crossing could have been demolished and we would have had a good functional facility at the 'Crossing' and not be an eyesore !
Builders in India are still using, in this 21st century, manual labour 'Chisel and Hammer' to cut re-inforcing steel etc at building sites; when this can be done in a split second using hydraulic cutters;
Also the ancient 'Bamboo and Rope' is used for scafolding instead of steel and bolts for the scafolding! Like it is in the rest of the world, even in Asian countries.
So what we are seeing here, is that authorities are not concerned about who unnecessarily slogs and or goes about life like they are still in the nineteenth century!
Oh what a mess that India is! When are Indian residents going to pick up the pieces?
Nasci Caldeira Melbourne.
From: "Philip Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet]Sci-tech in everyday life Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:58:40 +0530
I get the impression that in India science & technnology is compartmentalised. Its something we do in school and college (and nowadays in a big way in Bangalore). We use it to get our qualifications and then once on the job (in India but not abroad) we concentarate on making money usually for our kith and kin. No one worth his salt sticks to an organisation for life except in government where s/he can usually safely check his brainpower at the door everyday before entering the office.
There is little attention required or paid to building up organisational or national capabilities (usually through sci-tech) in a continuous way to enlarge the earning capacity of future generations, not just of our immediate kith and kin but members of the organisational or national "family". Whatever islands of excellence there are in our society are largely focused on the short term with the famed "chaltha hai" quick fix mentality relying on bailing wire, twine and the like for those beyond the pale. So much for the wider problem (from one person's perspectve) ...
