[rmc]

This is quite true in India; a lot of the infrastructure laid down by the British is still in use

How much of the continued re-use is due to it being so superior, or the government being so cash poor that they can't pay for any replacements?

[gaius]

They can pay for nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers and a space programme; India is not a poor country.

[rmc]

There are loads of countries that squander money on military and things like that, while people starve, or the infastructure falls apart.

[cabalamat]

Possibly the Indian government doesn't consider railways to be as sexy as those things.

[blasterford]

Why does the UK give India £295m a year in aid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12607537