Novosibirsk is one of the biggest cities in Russia and considered the third largest city after Moscow and St.Petersburg and the biggest one behind the Ural Mountains. It's situated right in the middle of Russia. The City lies on both banks of the Ob River. There are many bridges and rail roads which connect the city on the either side of the Ob.
It was very interesting to learn about Ob embankment and canal systems which are similar to my research about Kosi embankments in India. In the late 19th century, a system of canals, utilizing the Ket River, 560 mi long in all, was built to connect the Ob with the Yenisei, but soon abandoned as being uncompetitive with the railway. But, in India, they went on building the unfeasible embankments along Kosi River in Bihar. Now, there are more than 500,000 people stranded within and on the embankments waiting for summer and water to recede for more than a decade. This annual mayhem continues because of engineering witch craft with river system.
We ran today on the oldest bridge of this town, the communal bridge in the city center and it was nice to see some media people at the end of the bridge. We were excited to see some pizza places on our way to hotel today and planning to visit them later in the evening. We will start the nocturnal shift from tomorrow.