Iran: Urmia Railroad Comes on Stream

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Iran: Urmia Railroad Comes on Stream

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A new railroad has come on stream in northwest Iran.

The 182-kilometer-long route was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani late Monday.

A total of 5.13 trillion rials (more than $39 million) worth of investments have been made in the project.

The railroad has the capacity to transport one million passengers and 1.5 million tons of cargo per year, IRNA reported.

A section of the route connecting Maragheh in East Azarbaijan to Mahabad in West Azarbaijan Province (85 km) was previously inaugurated in the fiscal 2013-14.

The Monday inauguration of the remaining 97 kilometers means the two northwestern Iranian provinces (East and West Azarbaijan) are now connected to the national rail network.

The project is said to have created 180 direct jobs. Reports say it will save 50 billion rials ($380,000) in fuel consumption every year.

As the government announced last year, the rail connection was among top five rail projects to link Iran's provincial capitals to the national rail network.

This counts as the third prioritized projects since two others (one connecting the capital to the city of Hamedan in the southwest and the other linking the former to Kermanshah located in the westernmost part of the country) were inaugurated in May 2017 and March 2018 respectively.

 

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[Persian Gulf 1906]

i hope this doesnt affect lake urmia like their genius bridge

 

[Sineva]

i hope this doesnt affect lake urmia like their genius bridge

What was the problem with the bridge?
EDIT:
I just had a look on wiki,it sounds like they didnt do a very good job of environmental modeling to see what the results of differing bridge designs would have on the lake,very unfortunate.Still like in a lot of places they were probably just in a hurry to get it built.
The question is what remedial action,if any,can be taken to try and fix the problems....and to learn from it so that it doesnt happen again.

 

[BATMAN]

i hope this doesnt affect lake urmia like their genius bridge

What is left to be affected... it's already dried out.
Environmental changes are affecting all of the world.

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

What was the problem with the bridge?
EDIT:
I just had a look on wiki,it sounds like they didnt do a very good job of environmental modeling to see what the results of differing bridge designs would have on the lake,very unfortunate.Still like in a lot of places they were probably just in a hurry to get it built.
The question is what remedial action,if any,can be taken to try and fix the problems....and to learn from it so that it doesnt happen again.

the sepah dams and bridge destroyed the lake, 90% of it is gone now, but recently thanks to the UN and international experts and environmentalists (which this government is arresting more of everyday) the lake is slowly growing again, but probably it is too late

 

[Sineva]

What was the problem with the bridge?

the sepah dams and bridge destroyed the lake, 90% of it is gone now, but recently thanks to the UN and international experts and environmentalists (which this government is arresting more of everyday) the lake is slowly growing again, but probably it is too late

Yes,the big problem seems to have been the damming with the bridge causeway just compounding the problem,sadly large inland waterways like this seem to be under threat in a lot of places either by direct exploitation ie taking the water for irrigation or by damming which means far less water available in the first place.
Its both very sad and also quite frightening at just how quickly it can actually happen.

 

[scythian500]

sepah dams

Iranian Railroad Network Map: (Map date of publish is 2017)

 

[Hack-Hook]

What was the problem with the bridge?
EDIT:
I just had a look on wiki,it sounds like they didnt do a very good job of environmental modeling to see what the results of differing bridge designs would have on the lake,very unfortunate.Still like in a lot of places they were probably just in a hurry to get it built.
The question is what remedial action,if any,can be taken to try and fix the problems....and to learn from it so that it doesnt happen again.

the one thing that can be done is to cut the bridge in several place and open ways for water under it to help the balance of water between northern ans southern part of the lake .

What is left to be affected... it's already dried out.
Environmental changes are affecting all of the world.

the waterbed under the lake is not dried yet so it still can be saved

 

[Raghfarm007]

the sepah dams and bridge destroyed the lake, 90% of it is gone now, but recently thanks to the UN and international experts and environmentalists (which this government is arresting more of everyday) the lake is slowly growing again, but probably it is too late

One of the most pathetic, sellout replies I have read... almost retarded in its stupidity...

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

One of the most pathetic, sellout replies I have read... almost retarded in its stupidity...

very intellectual and constructive response, no wonder you support this filthy akhoond regime

 

[Sineva]

the one thing that can be done is to cut the bridge in several place and open ways for water under it to help the balance of water between northern ans southern part of the lake .


the waterbed under the lake is not dried yet so it still can be saved

Yes,one of the exacerbating features is the bridge causeway which effectively acts as a very large dam limiting water exchange between the 2 areas.Unfortunately this project was originally started back in the 70s when the ability to perform advanced environmental modelling was pretty limited,Sadly when the project was restarted it seems they pretty much just continued where they had left off back in the 70s,and that combined with the excess water loss thru damming has had a real impact sadly.
Hopefully they can try to fix some of it before it is too late.

 

[Raghfarm007]

very intellectual and constructive response, no wonder you support this filthy akhoond regime

All I will say is thank god the filthy Akhonds dont allow any gays to live in Iran...let them all live in England.

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

All I will say is thank god the filthy Akhonds dont allow any gays to live in Iran...let them all live in England.

im not sure what gays have to do with lake urmia but clearly they are on your mind a lot... but if you think no gays live in iran then you are even more retarded than i thought

 

[Raghfarm007]

in poker, they say that if you dont know who the sucker is, then you must be the sucker.... go figure it out.