Recently in an inauguration ceremony of “Crossrail” project of UK, Prime Minster Mr. Brown said the start of work was a ” signal of faith in the future quoted a very beautiful saying “. “If you don not invest in the future, you have no future. Today we are sending a message that our faith in the future is such that our faith in the the midst of a downturn, we are starting the biggest infrastructure projects in this country -…”
What we are looking that Our Government is investing a very little for its future. The shortage of electricity and its production in minus is the example of “invest in future” of the previous governments. This government is working to cover the shortfall in electricity but what we have quoted is a challenge for the future planning and policies.
A major drawback in planning is not to consult the engineers. The heads or secretaries or ministers of technical matters are non technical persons who have no knowledge of their departments or ministries. They are bureaucrats or have been appointed under political bribery.
However we are pointing some future investments on which our government should consider seriously:
- More resources for Generation of Electricity and its supply, cutting off the leakage holes and collection of revenues;
- Improvement of Railway Infrastructure, new rail tracks, improvement of passenger coaches and reservation system;
- Improvement of level of Engineering Education and introducing new technologies;
- Health and Safety Legislation and Measures, respecting the life of a laborer, in all sectors;
- Improvement in Transport and Logistics, standardizing the design of buses, trucks, trailers etc making the roads safe and easy for public;
- Improving the services level of Pakistan Engineering Council and introducing system of promotion in next grades with respect to experience, qualifications and knowledge of engineering developments .
These are the few examples on which we have mentioned but our readers can say more.