Algiers metro set for operation in 2008
2006-01-30
The Algiers metro, including the first almost ten-kilometre line that will enter service in September 2008, will be fitted with the latest automatic systems. The announcement was made by Siemens-France President Philippe Carli at a contract signing in Algiers.
By Lyes Aflou for Magharebia in Algiers –30/01/06
 [File] The first metro line should be completed in September 2008 |
The first Algiers metro line will be ready in September 2008. Siemens Transportation Systems of France, Vinci of France and Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrorriles of Spain have promised to finish work on setting up the first section 9.1km section over 34 months. The work will start in June after the tunnel has been excavated.
A contract between the three companies and Métro d'Alger was signed 17 January. The agreement states the line will be provided with 20km of track, 14 metro trains, high voltage and lighting installations, 23 escalators, a centralised control centre to supervise and control train movements, and fitting-out for the ten station interiors. The three companies will also put the final touches on the metro train maintenance complex.
Siemens-France President Philippe Carli said the Algiers metro will be fitted with the company's latest "Trainguard CBTC" automatic system, which is presently in use on many metro lines around the world. The automatic system is "for optical guidance and driving assistance through computerised image processing," explain engineers, who maintain that such technology increases the reliability and safety of equipment and trains.
Algiers will join the major world capitals
"Algiers will join the major world capitals whose metro networks are fitted with our Trainguard system -- such as New York, Paris, Barcelona and Budapest -- and I'm sure that the people of Algiers will be asking for line extensions because of the quality they will receive," Carli said. He added, "with our partners, we shall quickly respond to the expectations and needs of the Algiers population to give them a fast and reliable transport service."
Siemens, one of Europe's major technology companies, is a world leader in the rail industry and is able to work both as supplier and original equipment manufacturer. It also has expertise in completing turnkey projects and maintenance services.
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Amine Posted 2006-10-04
This is very good. Algeria is finally modernising. I hope everything goes well.
walid Posted 2006-10-06
I see that Algeria is making progress toward the future. I am very proud to see my dear country be in the modern world. And why not a metro in Oran? God willing.
guedab Posted 2007-01-12
This is great, Algeria is improving. If this would happen in Constantine too, it would mean that Algeria is among the great nations. Long live Algeria!
KADER Posted 2007-01-13
Yes, Algeria is improving. The underground is a good idea, and I hope they will fix roads around Oran. They are in a very bad condition. Think about it. Thanks.
lazhar Posted 2007-01-20
This is good. Algerians will enjoy faster underground transportation and have the feeling to live in a great country and a capital city worth its name. But I remain quite unsatisfied about the lack of opportunism of Algerian companies to sign suppliers’s contracts and benefit from technological transfer. The Chinese and Koreans know how to, why wouldnt we ? It seems that ready-made projects belong to the past, they bring nothing to the national economy and do not integrate governance in terms of transparency, technological and managerial efficiency.
sofiane Posted 2007-01-29
I think we are really behind what is happening in the rest of the world. For example France has 14 metro lines in Paris alone, and all of Algeria will have one (God willing) if all goes well- but we are accustomed to hearing about it and then seeing nothing concrete. I hope that this really happens soon, as well as other large-scale projects to protect our country from everything happening in the unipolar world that leaves no one out, characterised by the marginalisation and repression of developing countries like Algeria. I hope Algeria can avoid falling under the Western vampire that leaves no chance and that my country can be more prosperous, more developed, more dignified, more just, and more fraternal, where all Algerian Muslims unite in peace and the God protects us. Thank you.
hichem de lyon Posted 2007-02-25
Hi. I hope this project will be operational by 2008 as they say, because the streets of Algiers are a mess nowadays. This city can accomodate 500,000 inhabitants, not 3 millions. This project will help city dwellers' circulation. Algeria recorded $210b income lately, it is time for people to share the cake, after difficult times that only history will confirm.
safi Posted 2007-03-17
Greetings, I am working on this project and I hope that God will grant us success in completing this project.
Bibos Canada Posted 2007-03-28
Good job guys! At last the bear is waking up, better later than never. But we had to flee our country and it took a decade-long bloodshed, 40 years of corruption and rapt of people's heritage, a project that dates back from the 70s, a country full of natural oil, give us a break! Authorities have no merit in that, mentalities have to change, down with religious hype if you want to evolve.
beb Posted 2007-03-31
I would be grateful if you could write without any mistakes, write in Arabic so as to better reflect your Algerian pride. I am glad to know that Algiers underground will be completed by 2008. let us hope it will be functional and that people will respect hygiene standards.
sans racine Posted 2007-04-17
Hi balda. You have to know Mr Beb that we Algerians dont even have a language (Arabic, French, Kabyl, Chaoui, English... no clue). I call on Bouteflikq to work hard on this major issue, as it is very important to master at least one language to be among developped countries! A 40-km long underground line that dates back from 40 years may be ready next year, inch'Allah. English is the best language, bye.
DamnAlgeria Posted 2007-05-08
Guys ,its has been nearly 30 yrs since they started this project,Ask the Army's generals wheres the money gone ,its just an other way of ripping off the poor public money,a lot of poor algerians are starving though, some of them cant even find a water to drink ,Its mockery and a big one ,I can't understand whats make such a great country suffer this way like any other poor one like Bengladish ,or tibet ,
benali Posted 2007-06-02
I am so taken by the advancement of Algeria’s great infrastructure. It is with great pleasure that I see my country amongst the developed countries. –Benali Aboura from Paris.
nordine de lyon Posted 2007-06-05
How are you? Algeria has rejoined the forerunners. God willing, we will soon be the dragon of the Arab world. Long live Algeria!
chaoui d-chéné Posted 2007-06-24
There is no value here… really! The large-scale work has been forced upon us by Europe, the technology is Western, the workers are Chinese and the conflicts with are neighbours go unresolved. Come on, be serious, who does Algeria belong to?
salim Posted 2007-06-24
To me, this would be a miracle.
hakim Posted 2007-07-05
Hello, It is great that the Metro will be operational in 2008, but, with only 9 kilometres of rail and more than 30 years to construct it, I do not think that Algeria can be said to be one of the great modern countries. How many years did it take to modernise Algeria?... two generations I think. God willing, we will see our beautiful Algeria progress. In any case, it is one of the midway-developed countries. I send a kiss to all of Algeria. –Tahya el-Djzair
alliaslanaine@yahoo.fr Posted 2007-07-05
It is terrible that there will be a Metro in Algiers, and all the more so, God willing, that it is going to be finished in 2008. Moreover, there is going to be a tramway in Constantine.
personne Posted 2007-07-05
And so this is what the Algerian citizen has been reduced to. Of course, they no longer even know what colour their skin is. You think that having a Metro is what will propel us to the level of developed countries. Come on, stop being stupid. Of course this is not partly your fault but the fault of....
didi Posted 2007-07-07
In the end, this ended up being an underground that was overpriced for a country that has money to blow but still has just as many transportation problems. At least a fear of being unable to monitor the subterranean movements of the population. Decidedly, in a country where everything is underground—the economy, politics, only the "good news" comes to the surface, as usual.
Abdel-Majid Posted 2007-07-08
This allows us to measure, without exaggeration, the “gap” that exists between Algeria and the developed countries. Let us take the case of France: between the two countries is this a “gap” of 5 centuries, 2 centuries or only 50 years? The plan for the underground in Algiers dates, as everyone agrees, to the beginning of the 1970s. The idea had even begun to be publicly talked about at the end of the 1960s. Thus, it took 38 years of “work” for this. (Or, in other words, 40 years.) When the opening of underground railways was announced in France (or Italy, Russia, London or even in Egypt) the duration between the execution and the readiness for passengers varied from 24 to 30 months. Make the connection and compare!
mohamed Posted 2007-07-09
I am happy to see a rich country like Algeria.
sntf Posted 2007-07-18
I am proud to see my country cross the path of the greats.
BINOU Posted 2007-07-22
Honestly, with a metro or not, I love Algeria with all my heart, from North to South and from East to West. Okay, so the underground is overdue, but when you depend on one sole resource,(oil), and from one day to the next there is no cash in the government treasury—even if the fat cats are well off themselves, you know what I am talking about—it is not so extraordinary that the project was halted; only the Algerian people had it as a prerogative. In short, Algeria is surely returning and will return. And we need to watch out for the criminal Americans and their allies who would have us go back to the Stone Age like they had Iraq do. So be careful and let us mobilize ourselves for the protection and prosperity of our country. –Tahia Algeria the Mighty*
billal de londres Posted 2007-07-22
its a great thing to have a mitro in algiers im proud of my contry and i wish we will see more in the futur
mokrane Posted 2007-08-01
This will get finished, in spite of everything and because of everything, and Algiers will have its metro. It was Algerians and Germans that constructed it (GAAMA). Congratulations to us...
mohammed Posted 2007-08-04
Long live Algeria, may God have mercy on the martyrs, long live Algeria, a greeting to all Algerians in Charba.
sam Posted 2007-08-21
algeria has to invest in the administrative sector,and this is the key for a quick developement,most algerians or investers gets frasrated because of it ,and it put them off. it's good to hear that algeria is developing in chaa lah we all go back vive l algerie
mohamed Posted 2007-09-07
Okay, I know that this is a big project for Algeria. I am sure of this and I will say nothing against it. However, unfortunately, we must also remember that each project lasts a long time: we are not advanced. And, in my opinion, I think we need to really work on our economic base before doing all these projects just as stage show for the world to see like the Grand Mosque was. I think that instead of constructing such big projects, we could be constructing hundreds of other smaller ones in other cities. This is really just a waste. For whoever wants to say the opposite, it is the population that should decide because it is their money. –Thank you
maghlout Posted 2007-09-14
Salem, I am an optimist with regards to the future of Algeria, its subway and its tram service. We need more security, more industry, lower prices on fruit and vegetable produce. Then, the people would not lack anything. Education is the key to resolving all our problems. We are running behind, but we can make our economy, our sciences and our culture rebound. God willing, may we yet succeed in realizing a world peace. Long Live Algeria! Long Live World Peace!
Anonymous Posted 2007-09-21
Algeria does not belong to Algerians, but to a group of dogs that suck the blood of our people. When a father of 46 years cannot spend the bare minimum to take care of his sick baby, while they are spending to build 300,000 kilometres of subway, and, moreover, while the son of a certain man roles around in the last-model Audi at a price of 3 billion dinars, I will never be proud. The poor people are many and way out for them is non-existent. This disease stretches throughout all the nation’s territories, North to South. I say this because I am an Algerian. I know and love my country, but, unfortunately, it is the truth. I don’t need to list all the faults, just read the newspapers. Everyday, in the newspapers you can catch a little glimpse.
richie Posted 2007-09-29
Ok, we have the metro, what then…it’s ok, does this mean that everything is ok in the country? The day when they will declare publicly the wealth of the country, apologize to all Algerian men and women, clean the dirt in the country, offer an adequate dwelling, water and electricity to everyone stop those who aren’t ashamed in the country, everyone, generals or not. Then I might say, this is great, Algeria is ok, when all this will be adjusted, I’ll come back to this site. May God protect everyone who love God and its worshippers. Saha Ftourkoum.
MOURAD Posted 2007-10-04
Public transport is our city’s future. It is time that the subway get done in Algiers. A single line is not sufficient; we need to continue on and also extend the line. I think that thanks to this subway, the quality of life for the people of Algiers will get even better, Keep up the good work on this wonderful piece of construction. -Mourad
hakim Posted 2007-10-29
Algiers' underground is a big project for the future, and it proves that we have a good Minister of Transportation. Keep up the good work for the other big projects, like the East-West Highway, which, God Willing, will be opened up in the years to come.
gol Posted 2007-10-31
Build an underground in Algeria is a good thing! In effect, this allows us to save some time. But what use is it if Algerians have no jobs? Or, when they do have a job, it is one that is not stable, leaving them unable to even buy potatoes without first thinking of them as a luxury!!! In fact, the underground in Algiers is just a band-aid treatment.
seyade Posted 2007-11-05
I think that our Algeria is progressing slowly but surely. Each of these projects is a revolution for Algeria. May we keep on in this direction! Bravo!
WALID 12 Posted 2007-11-09
finely......! since 1972 and we wait this project, ouffffffff
amine Posted 2007-11-27
Algiers is a beautiful city, and with the new subway it will be even more beautiful. It would be great if they added more lines. And, why not restart the tram services. I hope that Algerian will be behaved and will not go burning or destroying the subway or pushing the cars over like they did with all the RSTA buses five years ago. We need to make some progress in our hearts and respect the convictions, beliefs and freedom of everyone. We need to open up to the rest of the world like Morocco and Tunisia. This is important to tourism in Algeria.
djaffar mexico Posted 2007-11-28
I am glad to hear that Algeria is developing transport. You have no idea of the chaos going on in the capital, Algiers, with all this traffic on the roads. Did you know that Algiers was built for only 800 thousand inhabitants, and now there are over 3 million. Thus, it is more than time to have a subway. Despite the fact that it is only one line, I am proud to be Algerian and to live in Algiers.
MAX Posted 2007-12-01
Hello, For starters, the metro will not be free. That is just for those who were rejoicing in this false rumour. As for becoming one of the greatest metros ever, I do not think that it is to venerate the project in that light. Let us just look at what it will be giving the people.
atm paris 0512 2007 Posted 2007-12-05
Hello, I am delighted to see all these projects being built and that the Algerian people can benefit from all this. Accordingly, it is necessary to retire some people at the heart of the government. These people continue to profit from the state by stuffing their pockets. I think it we need to inject new blood into our body of politicians with the exception of our president, as some people do have their place.
aissa abdellaoui Posted 2007-12-07
I do not understand why this metro does not connect to the airport. I see this as very important for our tourism.
mohamedi Posted 2007-12-12
If God so wants it, God willing, the metro will be in operation, God willing, at the end of 2008. There will also be a main line like the French TGV system and tramlines, God willing. I am a lower manager in a business involved with the Algiers metro. Thank you for your support. We love you.
je ne sais pas Posted 2007-12-18
You have to settle first the problems of bombs (Kamikaz) the sons of the people are dying.
KHALIL Posted 2007-12-25
I strongly wish this because Algeria is a developing country. A special thank to the Algerian president Mr Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and the senior officials of the country. I ask God to grant them success for the good. Thank you.
MRM.CHIKH Posted 2007-12-27
The metro, God willing, will change the lives of Algiers’ residents forever. Algeria is blossoming yet again, just like it always does. After the metro, the East-West highway will bring us prosperity and contribute directly to urban and industrial transport. Its impact will require more than two metro lines. One thing is for sure, though: Algeria will always be my country. I am proud to say that Algeria, my love, is embracing the glory of all its might. Nothing and no one can stop us. Algeria is Africa’s dragon. We will be great again and we will be proud of our holy land. Algeria, my love, may God protect your martyrs. My brothers and sisters are dying for this noble land. Algeria is my love. Long live my country! O people, o capital!
aminus001 Posted 2008-01-03
What a nice place, where we can steal, destroy and burn everything. It is hard to hear it put that way, but it’s the truth. Poor Algeria! Despite everything, I love my country.
momoh Posted 2008-01-05
Quite making such great claims about a small, 9-kilometre line of metro in a capital of 3 to 5 million inhabitants. We do not even know how many of us there are… there are not even any statistics nor any a website where such statistics could be verified in the country. We think this country is bigger than it really is. On the surface you are right, but otherwise this is worthless. We always carry around our identification as if it were a flag and our passports are still written in a Bic pen. It is enough to look at our neighbours in the Maghreb, because Europe is way to far off for us.
said Posted 2008-01-11
Long live Algeria! I think we deserve this metro. Why aren’t there any more lines?
ELBIBANOUATIGAN Posted 2008-01-18
Whooptey doo! A 9-kilometre metro in 40 years. What an exploit! In a country of blind men, the one-eyed man is king. I do not really have any other comment because this is pointless. A 9-kilometre metro in 40 years! Whooptey doo!
KHERCHI MUSTAPHA Posted 2008-01-22
Why does our metro look like snake and not a spider web? It is necessary to serve all of the communities based on population (i.e. their residences and activities). -See you soon
Walid Posted 2008-01-27
Okay, first of all, it is fine to say that soon we will belong to the group of developed countries, but this does not come about through the realisation of a project like Algier’s metro or other things that are going on. I am sorry, but we need to develop our country’s economy. Only then can we hope to begin to belong to that group of developed countries. Otherwise, just like the 98 per cent of Algerian revenue coming from oil, this will just be useless industry. And, this is really a touching matter to me, because this beautiful country of mine, yours and our parents really is capable of doing what so many other countries in the world have done. Long live Algeria!
SN Posted 2008-01-28
Hello, I have been working on this project since May 2007 and I sincerely doubt that it will be operational by August 2008. At the exact moment when the designs were well underway and the plans were being fulfilled, the enterprise doing the construction, Vinci Construction, decided to move to Tunisia under the pretext of terrorist threats!!!??? This change of location has already brought about a two-month delay. And, it is precisely this amount of time that we are now lacking.
rachid-alger Posted 2008-01-29
In the end, after 20 years of having all the money allocated to it be funnelled into hotels and residences in Paris and Spain, Algiers’ metro is finally going to be finished. I hope there won’t be any bombs in it like the ones people put in the Paris metro. The thirst for power will blind you.
s.saadi Posted 2008-02-06
There is no Algeria besides the one that we love and adore. So, let us wish this country prosperity and the best future and (why not?) several metro lines in all of Algeria’s big cities. Let us not forget and, rather, recognise that it is thanks to our president, a citizen and a nationalist, that things have got moving and that Algeria is taking its place among the great nations. Now, it is up to us to be serious and take things into our own hands. Long live Algeria!
derradji Posted 2008-02-06
Read the article published by El Watan today and you will have a good idea about how far behind Algeria is from the big countries. Wake up! Are you blind? Here is the proof from the 6 February 2008 edition of the magazine in the article “Ideas and Debates: The Perverse Effects of the Revision of the Constitution”: Readers are certainly going to ask what the connection can exist between the revision of the constitution and the possibility of Algeria’s upward movement in the emerging economy. The link will be found in the consequences this revision entails. Indeed, this revision, as it has been proposed and supported, aims to maintain the current political structuring on through the next decade, to the disdain of the fundamental principles of democracy, i.e. alternating a country’s leadership. But, the status of economic planning is modest or, rather, mediocre. (There are two exceptions, the reduction of debt and the investment in basic infrastructure, but the management of large projects, the handling of their costs and their maintenance belongs to the World Bank.) [1] Indicators used to evaluate, measure and assess economic performance are disconcerting as Algeria ranks among the lowest performers. For the sake of clarity, let us take a few examples. While keeping in mind the primary goal of the Algerian economy needing to achieve sufficient autonomy without being completely shut into being dependent on the exterior, we have, on the one hand, hydrocarbons and, on the other hand, the import of products of primary necessity such as grains, milk, medicine. The degree of economic dependence compared to these statistics…
said Posted 2008-02-12
This is super! I lived for some years in Algiers and it is definitely the capital of an African country aspiring to modernity. Indeed, a metro in this city is vital. Any project of such fervor is more than welcome in all of Algeria. We need to, therefore, pay attention to the problem of Algerian citizens throughout all of Algeria. It seem that there are few projects for building tram networks in Constantine, Oran, Annaba, Sétif and, perhaps, some other important cities. And, we must not forget to take to technology such that all our expenditures will serve to take development on like a bull by the horns, rather than just franchising it! We need to be producers! Long live Algeria!
احمد بن احمد Posted 2008-02-16
Let Algeria go and don't delay it with your useless and uninteresting comments.
reda_city_16.nl Posted 2008-03-02
Hi how are you sons of my country, are you ok? Good now we have a metro here, thanks to God, just in our country, we’re in 2008 bye bye long live Alg
yacine - France Posted 2008-03-10
Dear Readers, Our country is being developed, and we must not forget that we lived through an entire decade of blood and massive economic destruction, not to mention other social spheres. We lost a century and now the country is just beginning to stabilise. Sometimes there are still incidents, but, all the same, thanks to the Algerian people, thank God, Algeria has succeeded in getting out of the trap. Step by step we are moving towards a modern Algeria. Long live Algeria! -Yacine
hocine Posted 2008-03-12
Have the Algier’s Metro businesses thought about security management once the metro is opened?
moi meme Posted 2008-03-25
All infrastructure—the metro, tram, railroad, roads—is indispensable to the country’s economic development, but I do not see the utility in building a $3 billion mosque when people are dying of hunger. Also, I have to ask if Algiers should absorb the costs of all of Algeria when the rest of the country is freezing and does not even have roads??? Isn’t it great to build a highway for $7 billion when the schools are lacking basic means and when the children are freezing to death in a country of natural gas!!!??? I can only say that they should make a budget to clean the roads and cities because it is incredibly everywhere! I ask nothing except civility in our roadway conduct and to keep our cities clean. If we start with that, then we will see about the big projects!!!
Algerois Posted 2008-03-28
Hi Everybody! My name is Anay. I am from Algiers. I have been living in France for a few years and I was recently in Algiers. There is good and bad, like the dirtiness of the young people and the capital of a country that calls itself “full of modernisation” when the pathetic show-off attitude is yet to come! I feel that what is urgent now is an enormous amount of work on education and hygiene, both on the part of the government and the people. The young people need to wake up now! This is serious! Also, the government needs to give more information about the big projects it is currently doing. No one knows who is doing what. The projects are all mixed up. We need to stop this now if we really want to make some progress!!! In the end, I would just like to have some news. If there is anyone out there who is working on the Algiers’ metro, could they bring us up to date on how it is currently advancing. Thank you, the lord is with us.
samir de mosta Posted 2008-04-06
If we take a look at our neighbours, the Moroccans, they are going to have a TGV (rapid transit railroad). Even though Algeria is four times bigger than Morocco, has more than two million square-kilometres, we do not have a TGV. I saw a headline in some newspaper that said (One country sells tomatoes to buy a TGV and another sells oil to buy potatoes (batata
fathi Posted 2008-04-07
To Samira from Mosta: It is very funny that a country like Morocco is buying a TGV when the people cannot even eat. So, in my eyes, these leaders indeed love to dream of being modern with their TGVs and metros. These leaders are midgets who do not even know the reality of their people!!! As for the metro in Algiers, Algeria is not made up of only Algiers. The government needs to know that there is a deeper Algeria, and that this deeper Algeria is the one that feeds the people of Algiers and the government. If one day this other Algeria should not be able to co-operate with Algiers, then bye-bye metro! So, stay cool and tell your president, Bouteflika, and your king, Mohammed VI, and Ben Ali that the rural areas are the ones that feed the capitals and that the agricultural industry in these areas needs to be developed.
MECONTENT Posted 2008-04-07
We always start by waiting around because we have leaders who are incompetent. They are only concerned with stealing, while giving the impression that they are doing something good for the country.
gol Posted 2008-04-07
The fact that Algerian newspapers only speak about Morocco indicates that the Morocco is on the right track. Most notably it always copies our reforms (for example the “Family Code”). Soon, without a doubt, they will be buying a TGV. The day they stop talking about us as if we were Malians or Nigerians is the day that we should start getting worried.
mariam Posted 2008-04-08
Even though our dear Algerian neighbours devote all their time to insulting us and some of their newspapers have their eyes only on us, everything is going fine over here. Oh, Moroccans, what would you do without your dear neighbour, which amuses you so and which is be on the brink of an energy crisis. Just a side-remark to Wassila: this website belongs to all the people of the Maghreb. Thus, as a Tunisian, you are at home. But Mother Sabrina has asked you to respect Mr. Hoggar. (The emphasis being on “Mr.”.) What would we do without all these comedians!!!???
Maghribi Posted 2008-04-08
To Mr. Gol: I think that those who copy Morocco are going to fall into hunger and corruption. As a Moroccan, I would not like it if my Arab brothers and brothers of the Maghreb copies this system. May god protect all Muslims from the Moroccan regime. Listen, Laaziz, you should never say things that are not true: Allah sees everything. The Algerians are not copying the Moroccans and the Moroccans are not copying the Algerians. Rather, they are copying Europe to show that they are modern. Every one of the countries in the Maghreb has a duty to fulfil with regards to the Europeans and Americans, but not with regards to the people, who remain in poverty. Take a look at our King Mohammed VI’s wealth and then take a look at your own. All the comments made on this website are doing nothing to resolve anything; they just show the hatred between these peoples.
younes Posted 2008-05-05
go algeria go it's the right time to go forward keep going that way. viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiva algeria for ever
سعد سعود رضا Posted 2008-05-25
In the name of God most gracious most merciful. Will it be finished very soon or not yet?
Soso Posted 2008-05-30
Let us hope that this project finishes up soon. I had to take the bus from Bab El-Oued and it was horrible! There was no announcement of the bus stops on the bus and some people — not all — were pushy. The G5 buses are dangerous.
alialger Posted 2008-05-30
Hi everyone. We need to be positive and optimistic about our future. Even if it seems that it is impossible that we Arabs will ever be the strongest, we need a real union. In unions there is strength. So, stop tearing each other apart, Algerians and Moroccan and others. A stronger Algeria means more power for the Arabs, and the same holds true for everyone.
hocine 16 Posted 2008-07-14
I think that the problem is that the Algerians talk too much without doing anything. Other developed countries are content to work and not jabber on for no reason. I think that we Algerians have enormous potential and we will make a comeback. We love our country. I am convinced of this point. It is a shame that wretches are taking over in this country. They are turning it into a hell and this is causing us to speak such foolishness about our country. But, thank God that God exists and thank God that there is death. God willing, they are all going to burn in Hell! What the are doing is beyond wrong!!! Long live the common people!!!
momo Posted 2008-08-02
It seems that we just need a little bit of time, and when I say “a little bit”, I mean a couple years, maybe even 30 years. The problem has been with the people since our independence. These people had no education. We can never develop along with the great nations if we do not take this route. Believe me, we can build subways and such, but who is going to education the nations so as not to break it and dirty it and so on? In this regard, you will see that we will be the best of the best. God does not change people’s situations if they do not change them for themselves. –Salam alaikoum
Ismael Posted 2008-08-29
I agree with Momo: the truth is we need an education!!! Education is a path that all Algerians should take in order for the situation in Algeria to change! God willing, we will become a great country in the future.
bacha1347 Posted 2008-09-05
The problem in Algeria is its education, legal and health systems. Everything else strictly serves no purpose because they are complimentary to these and, according to logic, they can be no better than these tree axes. For example, we build the world’s largest bridge, a high-speed train network and the most commercialised centre ever, but, it is enough to have one uneducated person or one person who has suffered from injustice for the dream that all Algerians have in their hearts to fall like a house of cards. A state, like a house, is built on a foundation, but, unfortunately, our leaders have not drawn level with the country’s greatness and its human capacities, that is: the young people, who hang around downtown and have no prospects. We need to invest our billions into our young people.
MANA Posted 2008-09-13
I currently work for a foreign company that is working on the metro in Algiers. I think we are losing more money than is necessary on this metro. We need a company that will truly ensure us controls on this project’s costs, because the Europeans are taking advantage of us.
arid Posted 2008-09-17
Algiers’ metro and all the other big construction projects in Algeria are only money pits: the more money that is injected into them, the more delays accumulate. We will never see the light at the end of this tunnel. None of this is professional. We need to renegotiate the contracts and stop being lax with these money-grubbing foreign companies. These companies are leading on Algeria and the Algerian people need to take action, because, after all, this is the people’s money being dilapidated with the complicity of certain corrupt, criminal, unscrupulous Algerians.
smail Posted 2008-09-21
Finally, we are going to be able to move around like we want to and work wherever we want in Algeria. Stay strong on the other projects!
MANA Posted 2008-09-23
Let us pray to God that this project is completed as soon as possible.
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