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Subsea Rail Link between UAE and India Proposed

 

Subsea tunnel is proposed to join Fujairah (United Arab Emirates) and  Mumbai of India. It is a futuristic project.

It proposes a suspended tube lowered to the sub-sea all the way from UAE to India.

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/subsea-rail-link-between-uae-and-india-proposed

  • Santiago Morales
    By Santiago Morales

    snakeoil.

    Another bullshit marketing from Dubai U.A.E.

  • Ansh Chaturvedi
    By Ansh Chaturvedi

    It is a great proposal. As long as India does not have to pay for it

  • Paolo Kerguel
    By Paolo Kerguel

    I'm not a fan of these terms but, in this specific case it is indeed the term 'snakeoil' an appropriate one, unless one opts for harsher terms.

  • Peter R. Morgan
    By Peter R. Morgan

    This is, simply put, utter nonsense.

    I have no doublt such tunnels will be built maybe in 100 years or so. But it does not make it a vision. A vision must have some doability within a reasonable time period.

    A subtle difference between utter nonsense and vision can be best displayed with the following examples:

    Have a wild guess which one is utter nonsense and which is vision.

    Safe.

  • Ravnish Sharma
    By Ravnish Sharma

    Even if it is built, it will most benefit UAE and not India. India will not pay for it.

  • Hashim Abbas
    By Hashim Abbas

    @santiago, @Paul, @Peter :

    Every project starts with a thought. If people were told 100 years ago that mankind would go to the moon, would they believe?

  • Hashim Abbas
    By Hashim Abbas

    @Ansh, @Ravnish:

    This project benefits India as well as UAE. Because of this India must also contribute to finance.

    It is much better than financing useless Antarctica "science" campus just for prestige. This project will be great for economy of India.

  • Paul K. Madsen
    By Paul K. Madsen

    Building a tunnel including a submersed part under the sea in and around United Arab Emirates is an extremely risky business and probably it will remain so in the coming 50 years or so:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48619771

    Crews rescued after Gulf tankers hit in 'attacks'

    www.bbc.com

    The blasts on two oil tankers come a month after four vessels were attacked with mines off the UAE.

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