Comments on: Say a little prayer for Lahore

By: iblees

iblees — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:14:51 +0000

Guys, guys, calm down… Global Warming is just a “myth”. No need to panic, we need bigger roads exactly where there are signs of biodiversity. As far as polar ice melting, that is just “quddarat ka khel”…

“Inshallah” everything will be fine. (famous last words)

End of Sarcasm.

By: Qasim

Qasim — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:22:12 +0000

And Ejaz sahab, thanks for pointing about Enrique Penalosa, here’s an article where he offers some suggestions about the traffic problems in India: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_political-will-can-clear-roadblocks-enrique-penalosa_1312212

About Al Gore’s film though, I’d like to suggest you watch Fall of the Republic, The Obama Deception, and The Great Global-Warming Swindle. They’re all available on Google Video and bitTorrent. They offer an alternate conclusion to the one offered by Gore.

By: Qasim

Qasim — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:07:55 +0000

Widening the road is not the answer. I understand why people like Virk feel it should be expanded – anyone who’s driven on the canal in the afternoon on a weekday should be able to understand why some people feel that way. There’s always this tremendous constant traffic jam, it’s deeply frustrating.

However, widening the road isn’t the answer because, as the article states, within ten years, the road would require “re-widening”. Chopping off all those trees effect human beings ya know.. we don’t have alot of acid rain here yet, but chop off all the trees and fill that space with cars, and you’d see how quickly that changes.

A better short-term solution would be, to widen some of the canal road’s tributaries, so people can take alternate routes. In the long run, we desperately need a mass transit system. I’d like to find out what the logic was, behind this govt’s shutting down the proposed underground met system for Lahore.

We as a culture need to come up with wholesome solutions, that are developed after taking all important factors under consideration. Far too often, we come up with “solutions” that create new problems, like chopping off trees. What’s next… chopping off our legs when they hurt? That’d definitely solve the leg-pain problem forever.

By: Lt Col (r) Ejaz Nazim

Lt Col (r) Ejaz Nazim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:17:49 +0000

Rafay, how do we educate the educated like virk? The Word ‘Ignorant’ in English language sounds and feels quite harmless, but translated in our language as ‘Jahil’ it turns into the most demeaning epithet. No offence inteded Mr Virk, you are out of touch with reality.I suggest you go and watch Al Gore’s Academy award winning movie to start with. And then search the web for Enrique Panalosa and what he has to say about solving traffic problems.

By: Hasan Mubarak

Hasan Mubarak — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:39:19 +0000

@virk: Your claim that by not widening the canal road, ‘human beings’ are being negatively affected is an outrageous overstatement. Have you even read the environmental assessment of cutting down so many trees and removal of a thriving mini-ecosystem in the heart of Lahore? Or have you thought about positive effects if this mammoth amount of funds are spent on establishment of an eco-friendly mass transit system spanned over buses, trams or even the much delayed Lahore Rapid Mass Transit (LRMT)…?

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By: virk

virk — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:10:14 +0000

This time inshallah this road will be expanded… for those who like trees on the expense of human-beings, costly fuel, time and money can move some where where there are lots of tree… i will suggest Sawat