World's most expensive project is worth Rs...., it is not Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the project is...
World's most expensive project is worth Rs...., it is not Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the project is...
From connecting biggest rivers to constructing modern Silk Route to setting up international space station – there are projects whose estimated cost take breath away from you.
With an aim to connect some of the biggest rivers of the country and to curtail floods and droughts., Prime Minister Narendra Modi had begun ambitious plan to connect some of the biggest rivers of the country. The cost was pegged at $87 billion or Rs 8,700 crores.
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aka One Belt One Road (OBOR) in China is estimated to be $900 billion or Rs 77,19,300 crores. It is Chinese President Xi Jinping's grand dream of a modern Silk Route. The plan, announced in 2013, aims to link several Asian countries and even parts of Europe with roads, railway and waterways. The idea is to facilitate free trade so that all countries benefit.
International Space Station is being planned to be built at a cost of $150 billion or Rs 12,86,550 crores. It basically making a home for the scientists in the space. Scientists live there for months conducting research, experiments and increasingly, enjoying mundane earthly joys such as watching World Cup football. Bathroom facilities are still not great, though. When Peggy Whitson, who returned to earth recently after a record-breaking 665 days (not consecutive), said the two things she most missed were pizza and flush toilets. The project was launched in 1998.
London Crossrail Project aka Elizabeth Line in United Kingdom at a cost of $23 billion. London is expanding its underground t rain system. New tunnels and tracks, which together are 73 miles long, have been built to connect 40 stations. The work started in 2012 and is proceeding smoothly, for the most part. The project was named after Queen Elizabeth in 2016.
The California High-speed Rail is a train network in California, which will link San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin. The 560 km trip — which takes close to six hours by road — will be done in a less than three hours on the proposed high-speed train. The cost is pegged at $70 billion and is expected to end by 2029.
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