Yes, the entire water transport service industry should be re-organised (actually organised) - need
1. an institution with accountable systems, 2. efficient and experienced people (many with knowledge of global water transport industry or may be educated abroad in such specializations), 3. best of the regulations, 4. Infrastructure - modern jetties (even simple pontoon based), modern ships, fleet control facilities, proper routes, route maintenance (dredging etc) system, emergency response system,........... 5. planning and development (staffed with quality people - as on no 2) 6. a system both for passengers and cargo 7. integration with tourism, industries, wholesale business............... More: 1. Dredging and maintaining a sufficiently wide channel for ships (developed with efficient planning) can also help solving problems like bank-erosion and flood to a great extent. And can also help reclaiming a great amount of fertile land from bed of the Brahmaputra for agriculture and wildlife...........................(not for BDs)..... 2. the entire development has to be subsidy based initially / avoid doing an unnecessary/ nonsense 'feasibility study' - it is nonsense because everyone knows that it will not be economically feasible considering the past and current trends.......ignore past trends; go for 'copying' successful international models if we are unable to develop something of our own (obviously!).......go for induced development models..............we will have to establish something that is completely different and modern system, which in 10 years should be able to lure majority of the passengers and cargo from Guwahati to Dibrugarh to high speed catamarans/ hovercrafts or mid-sized cargo ships from the existing bus, cars or trains 3. a state of the art port nicely integrated with railway system can be built close to Dhuburi so that some cargo can be quickly transferred to the north Indian railway system.....rest should follow the Brahmaputra............. Regards Amitabh Kakoty On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 10:31 AM, mc mahant <mikemah...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > JFA > demands = FROM WHOM=for improved > meteorological services in Assam > > > > Guwahati: Improved meteorological service and the availability of > information > related to weather forecast can reduce drastically the number accidents > both in > land and water ways, commented Journalists? > Forum Assam (JFA) in a statement, where the forum has also appealed to the > media houses to provide some space for spreading the information related to > weather predictions regularly. WHAT IS > THE USE-- ?? > > > > > > ?The Dhubri boat mishap that seemingly ???drowned over two hundred > passengers > should be an eye opener for all of us. > > For crossing a mighty river like Brahmaputra > that need few hours in some places, nobody should sail without proper > weather > updates > > > > == BUT THIS BOAT CAME ( Without any Reverse Thrusting) AND SMASHED ON > THE SHORELINE .AND OTHER > BOATS NEAR THE CRASHPOINT WERE UNHARMED. HOW COULD INDIA Meteorologists > help?? > > > > The State meteorological office must be ACTIVATED?? WAS THERE ONE EVER??? > > > > and > it should disseminate the information through various channels including > its > own centers and websites and also the mainstream media,? HOW COULD > FERRIES USE Such Brilliant Hints > A FEW DAYS LATER??? > > > > said > the JFA statement issued on May 5 by its President Rupam Baruah. > > > > The JFA also argues that a large number of people have been killed in > accidents > taking places around the State, which can be minimized??? with the help of > timely > weather related information. PRAY HOW?? > > Preparing for a long journey, the passengers > could browse information like the prediction of rain, fog, wind, storm, > cyclone > etc and may reschedule their trips. FERRIES > TAKE 30>60 MINUTES . WHAT Long > Journey???AND BROWSING BY PASSENGERS??? > > > > > ?If the daily newspapers dedicate ""little"" space for weather forecast > for the > next 24 hours and the television channels give few seconds for > meteorological > updates every hour, the common people will be benefited tremendously. > REALLY?? > > > > Besides reducing the accidents the information > will be helpful for millions of farmers too, but HOW ,HOW, HOW?? > > PONZIKAS ARE THERE. More Appropriate!! > > ------------------------------- > > INSTEAD > should : > > > > · Demand > Scientific deployment of Dhubri>Sadiya 60Knot Hydrofoil Passenger service > with midway 10 stops for Northbank-Southbank connections. > > · Demand > Rational Boat/Ship building industry at 10 Tributary mouths-- to move > 200 million Tonnes /year from Hills to Sea and back . > > · Demand > Bamboo frames+ Welded Steel Skin --In Standard sized Catamaran HULLs > --in lieu of Primitive Tubs in Timber Planks and nails. > > · Demand > Production Unit For Prime Movers to 500KW + WaterJet Thrustor Pumps > with Reversing/Steering/Braking . > > · Demand > Dredged FLAGGED Guaranteed 2 metre+ deep > Channels to allow 24x365 Scheduled Longway and Crossing TRAFFIC > using GPS > on Auto Pilot. > > · Demand > Qualified- Examined- Certified High Caliber Pilots on Pool Duty > for each Craft > > · > Demand carrying Life Jacket and inflatables like in Aircraft. > > > > From India-From Dispur-- ?? > > > He He!! > > > > > mm > > > > > > > > ----------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > **************** > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
