Mexico's Yucatán mega train - world beating or environmental disaster? (www.bbc.co.uk)
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“This is naturally filtered, purified water, you can drink it,” says cave diver Bernadette Carrión as we enter a cenote dubbed “Oppenheimer”, in reference to the surrounding devastation.

As we wade and swim through the underground maze, renowned Mexican hydrologist Guillermo D. Christy points out the karstic topography, which is where erosion of the limestone has carved out the rivers and caves.

As the team takes samples to measure water quality, they do not mince their words about the train, calling it a “pharaonic monument” which they say was erected to a vainglorious leader.

Some villagers whose land was expropriated were well compensated by the government and polls suggest more than 80% in the region are optimistic the train will boost the economy, particularly among Amlo’s core supporters.

He hails it as an engineering feat to rival any in the world, especially given the porous rock beneath the track and assures us it was built to rigorous codes and standards.

As part of his grand plan, some 20,000km (12,500 miles) of track currently used exclusively for transporting cargo will serve passengers again and a coast-to-coast freight line is being created to rival the Panama Canal.


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