Viper0011.
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Mass transit bus stop in Islamabad
Mass transit bus stop in Copenhagen
Mass transit buss stop in Paris
Mass transit bus stop in Frankfurt
What was the need to construct such a large monstrosity?
What you clearly missed was the ability for the above countries citizens to own vehicles and their population. Any single one of the countries mentioned above, has three to ten times lesser population than Pakistan. In New York, Paris and other places, the actual "metro" is underground trains. Which have their own stations built every few blocks. So within Metro, there is multiple lines for trains to go through.
Additionally, in Pakistan, there is a MUCH larger population who'd take the metro, plus the weather is MUCH hotter than any places you conveniently described above. So, to provide proper shelter and convenience to masses of people, it makes sense to have bigger over the ground stations. Which are STILL smaller than the underground metro stations found in Paris and New York, etc. So check all the facts before posting silly crap please.
Similar short-comings throughout Punjab in health and education sectors coupled with high unemployment and what does the provincial government decide to do?
- Ahmedabad, India $3 million/km
- Dalian, China $4.5m/km
- Guangzhou, China $6.5m/km
- Istanbul, Turkey $10m/km
- Bogota, Columbia (new phase) $13.3m/km
- Lima, Peru $10m/km
- Los Angeles, USA $ 14.4m/km
Given lower labour costs in Pakistan and averaging the above figures, a fair estimate for infrastructure costs should be approximately $5-7m/km.
Therefore, at $11m/km, the Lahore Metrobus cost wise is substantially higher than the benchmark.
@SBD-3 @Leader @Jzaib
I am assuming you are done enlightening people with such mathematical facts??? Ever heard the term "economies of scale"??? If not, then google it first. For any of these systems to be built cost effectively, the local government needs investors and an economy that can support building the mass infrastructure. There has to be a "minimal" production setup for everything that guarantees manufacturers a standard and stable return on investment and the manufacturers then provide their products at a reduced price.
Now in Pakistan, your economy is NOW growing. These projects are HELPING it grow and are being put in place so that in the next few years, when the economy starts to take off, poor people, who'd get the most benefit in terms of getting work and using metro systems to get to and back from work, would benefit the most.
When a country doesn't have the financial means to get anything done on its own due to lack of financial strength, and someone actually wants to invests into it, you can bet your money that the interest rate or the loan term or the product would be more expensive and majority of the time, it is imported the first few times around. But in the long run, the support equipment and maintenance, etc, starts to take place inside the country, resulting in creating more jobs, services, products, etc.
You guy need to see the good in it. The system helps millions of people every month. It brings modern infrastructure, management and production services to Pakistan, that otherwise, won't even get here as Pakistan didn't really have the financial means. Plus, the net result is, growth everywhere across Pakistan, no matter how many fools cry wolf every day on this forum. It actually shameful to see silly people, sitting in expensive homes and AC's, bashing things like these, who help million of poor people, who actually matter. Very shameful indeed.