Looking at the dependency of Assam on her rivers and water-bodies since time immemorial, definitely Assam could have possessed by now a huge resource base of knowledge, a large number of local experts and strong institutions on these areas............Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) had recorded that King Kumara (Bhaskaravarman) when he visited North India (invited by Harsa) loaded 30,000 of his elephant forces in 20,000 of his large boats and then took Xuanzang along with him......everyone here knows about the Bettle of Xoraighat..........the 18th century civil war followed by the Burmese attacks destroyed Assam's traditions.............again, as it is rightly mentioned that the current education system only revolves around percentage of marks and around very few disciplines (tertiary education and research in engineering, medical, social sciences.......is extremely pathetic)....we could not build anything indigenous that is worthy enough; we do not even have some enthusiastic people capable of at least copying 'good and essential examples abroad' (what initially the Japanese, Koreans and now Chinese are doing - this also leads to development of indigenous capabilities as Japanese and Koreans have already shown and Chinese are already capable of doing many smart things).
As Mahanta kaideu/daideu (I dont know what is appropriate; I have no idea of your age - I am 37, pls. suggest) has pointed out, hydrofoils must be a very good idea; these are no doubt high-speed; these boats are providing very high quality services in the Pearl River Delta region connecting Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Recently I had an experience of travelling from Macau to Hong Kong. Even low cost Hong Kong Star-ferry type (but better fuel efficient) for shorter trips - max 1/2hr can be also feasible in a mix (of different technologies, requirements, commuter behaviours...) Regards Amitabh Kakoty On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:52 PM, mc mahant <mikemah...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > ..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>>> > > Hovercrafts : > > -- were British Non- Engineering-- dead since 1960s-- consumes 10 times > the fuel needed by Hydrofoils > HydroFoil is the vehicle for Oxom -- may be Solo-Catamaran-or Trimaran > > Lakhs of Assam Engineers should have been encouraged to build better > /Lighter hydrofoil boats /craft SINCE 1950'S-- But Alas--- None have even > heard/felt these. > > Indian Curricula concentrate on Ricksaws or Rockets . > > So Assamnetters - if you want to feel it-- feel your Future-- > view these Clips over and over again: > > > > > All about 60>80 Km /Hr Hydrofoil Passenger Tourism Boats > in Brahmaputra Pasighat to Sea touching NorthBank/SouthBank Jetties > with2>5 minute stops. Use > Mobiles and GPS to run at night/Storm/Flood/dry season .Please > View these CLIPS Through to get a feel of possibilities on The > Luit AND MOST TRIBUTARIES > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klAggNIir9A > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=1hlXJkfQUGw&NR=1 > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DRUsuOTMHQ&feature=related > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3qC_r-5iM&feature=related > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaA914Bs76c&feature=related > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU0MFrlSDTE&feature=related > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=bZqDtHACZeY > > > 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
