Engineering jobs in Nepal

johnniet

johnniet

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I just found out that these guys are looking for interns in mechanical and electrical engineering. Send me email if you want more information.
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino
Noble effort. The Maoists love to cut the wires.
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:mad:grumble... grumble :grumpy: since it IS Christmas, I'll keep in the spirit of things and withold my sentiments about cutting some maoists :grumpy:
 
They also love to cut the electric lines which supply schools and hospitals and destroy drinking water supply lines. They are for the people.
 
What a great effort! Tio Bill, are there any sites near BirGorkha that could benefit from a "wire bridge" ?
 
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I guess I am a cynic. :confused:

A part of me can't help but suspect that the locals would see this contraption as yet anther sign of Western insanity. Here we see a suspension cart which is pulled across a span by the hand power of the two/four occupants. It is hard to conceive a less efficient method of operation. How would you like to pull yourself up the grade with your hands while in an awkward seated position, when the car is loaded down with you, your wife, and the 80 lbs of goods you were hauling? It's funny how the people in all of the pictures shown seem to be headed down hill.

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The same funds could have helped to build a more typical suspension walk bridge. It would have at least paid for the two landings and the main cables, to which the locals could have easilly added and maintained the deck and handrails. Much easier don't you think.

But, stuff like this isn't intended for local consumption. It is disguised as progress and sold to people in the West who have absolutely no appreciation of what the thing really is. To our eyes the thing looks familiar and comforting; that is really what it is designed to do. The builders make a few bucks, the locals accept a "free gift"*, and the sponsors get to feel good about themselves, while deducting their contribution from the US Treasury. But, in the end, there has been little progress, and the commute remains as it has been for milleniums.

A big thumbs down on this one.

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* the 10-15% that the locals contribute is probably calculated as the value of the land and access ways used at the landings. I really doubt the local mayor pops up with a check for $US 2,000.
 
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