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Put another way, thumbing your nose at an entire world’s population of crackers is usually a lousy idea.

The Real Lessons Of Gawker’s Security Mess – The Firewall – the world of security – Forbes
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The plant itself, which kept generating power until 2000, still has 2,500 staff making the site safe, working in strict shifts to minimise radiation exposure. Ukraine’s government said that it hoped to complete a new sarcophagus for the exploded reactor by 2015. The existing concrete structure is cracking and leaks radiation. (via Chernobyl: now open to tourists | World news | The Guardian)

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The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a major infrastructure project that India is developing with Japan. The project will upgrade nine mega industrial zones as well as the country’s high-speed freight line, three ports, and six airports. A 4,000 MW power plant and a six-lane intersection-free expressway will also be constructed, which will connect the country’s political and financial capitals. The DMIC project is already underway and it will cover six states — Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

The mega-project, which is rumored to cost over $90 billion, is being partially funded by the government along with Japanese loans and investment by Japanese firms. The 24 green cities are designed to boost India’s infrastructure in the smaller towns along this 1,483km corridor, as well as national economic growth and prosperity. A key part of the green city development will improve and repair the basic infrastructure of two major metropolitan cities that suffer from poor roads due to high levels of transport. A large portion of the funding will go into developing better transport facilities and public transport systems.

(via India to Build 24 Green Cities in Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World)

– honestly, 90 Billion seems rather cheap.. especially when you look at what countries are spending ‘bailing out’ their banks.  Imagine if they invested in their infrastructure with that money instead!!!

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