Saturday, February 17, 2018

Pakistan International Highway

Pakistan International Highway - PIH
(Pakistan's proposed international level highway)
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While watching travel videos, reading travel blogs and thinking and researching on highways in Pakistan and creating multilevel highway system for Pakistan in my mind an idea visited my mind to have an another type of highway called 'Pakistan International Highway' to connect Pakistan's neighboring countries with each-other via Pakistan.
Before I give details of idea first look at the map of Pakistan as shown in "Fig: 1". On one side of Pakistan is sea and on other sides are four countries. Through PIH we will connect all 4 neighboring countries and sea with each other.
Map of Pakistan
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Now look at the abstract map of Pakistan as shown in "Fig: 2" I made to make things easy to make. On one side of Pakistan is sea and on other sides are four countries.
Map of Pakistan (abstract)
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During process of understanding think Pakistan looks like a pentagon. A pentagon with a circle (cyan circle) in it's center and 5 other circles (black circles) one each on middle of it's each sides. All circles on center of pentagon's sides connected to the circle on pentagon's center.
Black circles on the sides of pentagon are international exit/entry check-points on the border. Cyan circle in the middle of pentagon is highway intersection, connecting all PIH sections 'sub-highways' together.
Now transform Pakistan's pentagon like abstract map  to the actual map of Pakistan and PIH will adjust according to this transformation also. Result will be actual highway on actual map. As simple as it is.
People with valid documents eg passport/visa(a kind of transit visa) etc will enter from one check-point and exit from other check-point without getting out of this highway system. There will be enough basic amenities like hotels, camping sites and petrol pumps etc beside this highway system to make sure there will be no need for highway users to get out of highway system. People with normal visa will be able to get out of highway system and re enter at specified/allowed points.
I made different ideas at different times about how this highway will be made:
First idea was to make this highway entirely as an underground highway. This was looking very secure but highly expensive idea.
Second idea was to make this highway as a bridge throughout it's length and cover it in an iron cage on it's left, right and top throughout it's length. This was also secure and expensive idea.
Third idea was to make this highway by utilizing already existing highways and roads. This was less secure and more cheap idea.
Fourth idea was to make this highway based on conveyor belt. This was also expensive and complicated idea with interesting possibilities.
Fifth, and last so far, idea was to make this highway of totally new roads with basic amenity centers beside it through out it's length. Irrespective of it's cost, so far this looks good/best to me.
All vehicles using PIH will need to have GPS system installed and enabled and running on them so that their current location can be known to PIH authority through out journey.
PIH users will need to pay some fees as per their use of PIH. Plus basic amenities beside PIH will not be for free either.
PIH users will also need international standard driving license and travel insurance for using PIH.
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If there are any mistakes then I will surely remove them whenever found.

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