23 minutes agoAll empty: Billions of investments in modern rocklands in desert
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The plan was to build a new urban community that would be linked to public transportation of the city, hospitals, schools and parks. The town with these rocks in the middle of the desert looks like the scene of a fantastic science film. They look lifeless because they are. There are no people, cars, parks, just high towers, [...]
The town with these rocks in the middle of the desert looks like the scene of a fantastic science film.
They look lifeless because they are. There's no people, no cars, no parks, just tall towers, no rocks. As a permanent reminder of the wrong idea of a world of equality that soon became a world of corruption that made the country even deeper into crisis.
This city lies 30 miles [50 km] from Iran's capital, Tehran. Pardis is part of the Mehra Mer project, which was launched by the Kuzu Group in 2010. But as if with many similar construction projects, everything did not go as planned.
Part of the city of Pardis, called Stage 11, still looks like a ghost, while it had to be the crown from the time of the reign of Mahmoud Ahmadyaad, who invested in a number of such projects.
Satellite images from this year show that not much has changed, writes Messy Nessy.
The plan was to build a new urban community that would be linked to public transportation in the city, hospitals, schools and parks in that poor neighborhood. Then it was thought about natural opportunities and ecological conditions, so it soon realized that 200,000 people who had to live had no access to water, heating or sewer systems.
Construction began at the moment of tense economy and high inflation, so the project was halted in the middle of construction. While Stage 11 is completely empty, there is life in parts near the city center, scene 1, 2 and 3. In these buildings, large blocks of rock mostly live workers, conservative families from the poor parts of Tehran and nearby villages.
Mostly, however, it is the middle class, travelers, those who were displaced from Tehran to Pardis in search of fresh air and the ability to become owners of their home. They make up about 90 percent of this city's population, where over 70,000 people live.
They are a true reminder of the failed look of a society promoted by Ahmadine.
The great city and its various combinations have become a source of non-resistance in the market, enabling corruption and huge profits. What needed to be acceptable dwellings actually became homes that the poor cannot afford.
