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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I made different ideas at different times about how this highway will be made:
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First idea was to make this highway entirely as an underground highway. This was
looking very secure but highly expensive idea.
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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.
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Third idea was to make this highway by utilizing already existing highways and
roads. This was less secure and more cheap idea.
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Fourth idea was to make this highway based on conveyor belt. This was also
expensive and complicated idea with interesting possibilities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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