Sunday, May 21, 2006

China had built one of the fastest trains inthe world and now the longest dam?



China -the roaring Asian dragon is flexing its muscles again .It has built one of the fastest trains as well as the longest dam in the world to solve the annual river flooding problem and also produce abundant electricity.
About the Chinese train.
``The successful test of the train shows that China has mastered the technology of low-to medium-speed maglev trains,'' said Zhang Kunlun, deputy director of the School of Electrical Engineering of the Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu.
The maglev(Magnetic Levigation) train was developed by a maglev research team of the university, one of China's key engineering universities.
With a weight of 18 tonnes, the test train can carry 60 persons. It can travel at speeds of up to 160 kmph.


The Chinese dam.
China completed construction of the world's largest dam on the 20th of May,2006, in Three Gorges area, central China's Hubei province, signifying a milestone accomplishment that aims to tame the flood-prone Yangtze river, the nation's longest.
This is also a major Hydro-elecric project.

China is building the much needed infrastructure to compete with their arch -rivals the US.The Chinese millineam is just unfolding.

2 comments:

Brijesh Nair said...

India has to study a lot from China. The pace with which China is progressing is amazing. Thanks for this piece of information.

Ajith Prasad Balakrishnan said...

A project of the magnitude of three gorges dam would have taken decades and decades to get completed in India. The progress they've made is amazing.