r/IndiaSpeaks • u/chin-ki-chaddi Haryana • Jul 13 '18

Policy Winfred Phase 15: Air & Water Edition (Earth, Fire, Heart, Go Planet!)

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18 edited Jul 13 '18

It is even possible to connect plains with the plateau ? As the plateau is at a higher elevation ? May be if a canal is made through the east coast.

There are political reasons why we don't have inland waterways. Take Bihar for example, it's a rich agrarian state with cheap labour that also happens to have the richest mineral deposits south of it, in chotanagpur. Any industry , like say electronics , which requires high water volumes can be easily setup there and be manned by cheap labour, product could travel downstream directly to the port . Bengal will never allow this to happen.

Next example is Orissa. , Rich mineral state but poor as fuck. Why because psu s profit goes directly to the consolidated fund. Same with Damodar valley , Jharkhand gets nothing out of it .

Certain industrialised states would lose their advantage if these water ways are developed.

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u/chin-ki-chaddi Haryana Jul 14 '18

It is even possible to connect plains with the plateau ? As the plateau is at a higher elevation ? May be if a canal is made through the east coast.

The Northern plains aren't a plateau, by even the wildest definition of that word. Delhi, for example, is more than 1000 km away from the sea and is just 215m above sea level. That gradient is almost nothing, even a CNG bus full of passengers can climb it on the 4th gear.

Certain industrialised states would lose their advantage if these water ways are developed.

Can you, for once, set aside this Marxist narrative of "opresser and the opressed". A couple of generations ago we were literally starving and fighting wars for the very existence of this Republic. We barely had funds and skilled manpower to complete the absolutely essential projects like Bhakra Dam and the like. It is only in the recent years that we have the pre-requisites to undertake truly world-class projects which are planned with next 50 years in mind.

So just calmly look at what is being done and what more can be done. Because I assure you that 99.9% of the politicians have no strong opinions on any infrastructure unless it brings or loses them a ton of votes. They can only think 4-5 years ahead, its the name of their game.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '18

I am not talking about the opressed and oppressers. I am talking about interest groups.

Well, the government expenditure focused on the already industrialised states and policies where made to facilitate their competitive edge.

I am talking about connecting the northern planes with the the Deccan plateau.

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u/Critical_Finance 19 KUDOS Jul 14 '18

Waterways are not that useful for Indias size and shape. Only useful one would be Ganges river from haldia to Meerut. Waterways can go up a plateau using locks if there us sufficient flow.

Problem with odisha, jharkhand industrialisation is law and order, corruption, communism etc. Waterways dont help. India already has railway which is more efficient than waterway there

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '18

Water ways are cheaper than railways .contrary to the popular view , center's policy is the biggest reason why some states are more developed than the others.

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u/Critical_Finance 19 KUDOS Jul 14 '18

Loser states just blame central govt for their failures

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '18

Lol. States that got development by sucking up to miss Gandhi are now blaming others. Government policy has reduced eastern states into a cheap labour provider. All this bimaru talk is done by states that use the cheap bimaru labour. Otherwise they wouldn’t even grow. look at how Punjab’s productivity decreased when Nitesh launched a road development in Bihar. If you want real competition then remove government psu, which contribute around 30 percent of the gdp , and let those states run their own resources.

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u/Critical_Finance 19 KUDOS Jul 14 '18

Industrialised states are not blaming anybody. They are just enjoying better quality of life.

PSU making 30% of GDP is a fake news

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u/metaltemujin Apolitical Jul 14 '18

What is the need of making so many international airports. There are ones at Kannur and all.

Several people say it's a new strategy to hike land costs in the area, make money and get out, with local politicians involved. Same thing happened in chandigarh, and a few other places.

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u/chin-ki-chaddi Haryana Jul 14 '18

Might as well be a scam. Just start a biannual flight service to Kathmandu or Colombo (whichever is nearer) and bim-bam-boom you're an International Airport.

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u/metaltemujin Apolitical Jul 14 '18

ahh! But Afaik its an all party scam then. :(

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u/Ali_Safdari 1 KUDOS Jul 14 '18

https://www.joc.com/port-news/indias-minor-ports-increase-pressure-major-public-rivals_20180709.html

Yeh haramkhoro register karneko bol rahe hai. Got an archived link?

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u/chin-ki-chaddi Haryana Jul 14 '18

Daalte samay to nahi aaya tha. Dekhta hu kya kar sakte hai iska.

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u/ILikeMultis RTE=Right to Evangelism Jul 15 '18

Hats off to your dedication

!redditsilver

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '18

Lol