Today’s random remote viewing experience starts out at Mahuda Junction railway station, Jharkhand state, India.
What caught my eye in the summary sidebar was the “Platforms: 2. Tracks: 11.” My nerdly knowledge of railways suggests these are exchange sidings, which in turn indicates industry – confirmed by the body text referring to coal washeries and nearby Bokaro Steel City.
Definitely worth exploring.
The junction itself is not too remarkable – a small settlement probably serving the railway workers of the South Eastern Railway zone. The SER headquarters building in Kolkata is a typical wild monument to colonial bureaucracy: red brick and turrets in abundance. Probably worth throwing in a reference to the three-part BBC documentary that I have tucked away on my media-server under the title “The Great Indian Railway” – unfortunately there are a lot of links to YouTube under that title, but so far I have not managed to identify one with the corresponding content.
Where are the coal washeries? Well, you have to head north-west to the Stygian pits and satanic mills.
I particularly like that the (presumably disused) wash plant to the east is being consumed by the forest, and even the new five million ton per annum plant to the west looks like it is fighting hard to stay above the shrubbery.
Last satellite image for the day takes us to the steel smelter and rolling mills of the Bokaro Steel Plant. Interesting to note that it was built a couple of decades after independence, using Soviet technology during a period when the Soviet Union was providing significant aid to the region.
Half a century later it is probably “Trigger’s Broom” with most of the equipment having been replaced with locally produced equipment. We hear a lot about Chinese industry, but I recognise the Larsen & Toubro name as one that has been involved in large powerline projects in Africa, with an office in Botswana last time I checked.
We are also working closely with a local contractor of Indian heritage on my current project in the DRC: their professionalism is impressive and I enjoy dealing with them.
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