Of traffic and transport
The minister for communications has recently taken up a 'few' mega projects to help the development of the transport sector of our country. These projects are all set to commence by 2011. I congratulate him for all the hard work he's done, but I would have preferred a more efficient solution to our transportation problem.
A few months ago on The National Geographic Channel I had seen a documentary about Magnet Trains that run on the power of magnetic fields created by electricity passing through a wire, rather than electricity itself.
The cost of operating this type of train is nominal, but the cost of building one is very high. Taking into account our minister's plan, I believe this would be more efficient than the ones he has planned. This train will also be much faster than underground rail while providing a solution to allocation of our electric wires. People will be more encouraged to use this than their own private cars since it is fully air-conditioned. There have also been two crashes of these types of trains and in none of them were there any deaths or burn injuries, since the train runs on sheer magnetic force, no other forms of energy are involved and there is no fire hazard.
I would request our minister to look into this matter.
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