The Metro in the belly of Mumbai, India
@allknowing (130066)
India
January 17, 2019 3:01am CST
To ease congestion the Metro is being built several feet below the city of Mumbai.
I was just imagining digging tunnels under Malls, churches mosques the works.
I came across a page on the Net describing the horrors the workers down below have to face in that claustrophobic environment Here is an extract of that article
We came, we saw, we marvelled, we returned. My whole experience underground was physically disturbing. I looked at the faces of the workers we passed and wondered how they endured it all for eight hours every day. It was like working in a mine with all the claustrophobia and the mental tension that it evokes. Though our visit was not physically exhausting by any means, I felt tired and sick from the exposure. Thankfully, no accident had taken place during my time ‘underground’, but I promised myself that never again would I descend “to the centre of the earth
You can read the full article here:
A new solution for Mumbai’s commuting chaos, the Metro, is being built several feet beneath the city. Five citizens explored this subterranean world where machi
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Jan 19
You must be talking of the Channel Tunnel. Indeed a difficult marvel to accomplish I have travelled by Euro Star that traversed through this channel
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Jan 19
@WorDazza I understand. Is that called tube railway? I have used it too.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
18 Jan 19
@allknowing The channel tunnel is fairly recent and achieved using modern technology and machinery.
I'm talking about the Paris Metro and The London Underground which were both constructed in the 19th Century.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Jan 19
Also may be the city of Pompeii? I have read about it.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/pompeii/
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Jan 19
@LadyDuck 
For us it is only mind boggling history. I have read about two in embrace were also found in that state.
For us it is only mind boggling history. I have read about two in embrace were also found in that state.1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
18 Jan 19
@allknowing I have visited Pompeii twice and I would love to go again. You learn so much about the life at the time of ancient Romans.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
17 Jan 19
In Delhi too same thing is going on. Metro completed many places and still making is on the way. But here in Delhi you can see metro rail on top of your head too. There are so many names, like pink line, yellow line, red line etc, which I could not understand the difference completely.
However, the charges are too high. In bus, with the one side charge of metro, I can travel both sides. Yes, there is time difference for sure.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
17 Jan 19
@allknowing They deserve appreciation and better care.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
17 Jan 19
What is worrisome when work gets on. Wonder whether those above get affected.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Jan 19
One needs courage and the need to earn to get there.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Jan 19
It is also possible they are in need of a job.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
18 Jan 19
@allknowing Yes needing a job necessitates any number of positions to get into. I understand that fully.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
17 Jan 19
It is a gigantic and dangerous task and workers get the worst deal
@allknowing (130066)
• India
17 Jan 19
Flooding is always a worry in Mumbai and with this it could be worse.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
17 Jan 19
Working under the city where everything else on top is in working condition is indeed worrying
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
17 Jan 19
Only few can really do it, only the bravest few... im not included among them.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
17 Jan 19
I hope none of those old buildings are affected
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@newmary201 (383)
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17 Jan 19
Maybe the best solution your government have decided. But imagining of the exposure, I too is not brave to do it.
@allknowing (130066)
• India
17 Jan 19
The fear what is above can collapse is a possibility
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@newmary201 (383)
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17 Jan 19
@allknowing yes. Thinking of it really can help myself but not want to even try.
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