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Railway Budget: 50 world class stations, no hike in fares

New Delhi: In a thanks-giving budget, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday proposed no increase in passenger fares or freight tariff while announcing a slew of measures including launch of 12 non-stop point-to-point long-distance trains and air-conditioned double-decker coaches for inter-city travel ....Read more

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Mamatadi's Rail Budget.By: KVSKumar, Mumbai | Friday , 3 Jul '09 16:27:03 PM Reply | Forward Madam... please spare some time and think also of Mumbaikars who regularly get packed and squeezed in and out of local trains twice a day. Please ask your railway police at every Mumbai local stations to mercilessly use the batton against those lumpens who block the doors of the locals even though they are to alight at the last stations. Please also ask your Mumbai Local TCs to get into suburban trains during peak hours (let them board the trains from point of origin) and do a check every alternate day....you will find your income rising. Otherwise, you may partly contract the duty to long-time suburban passangers on commission basis. What an excellent idea!!!

Excellent Railway BudgetBy: R.Sreekumar | Friday , 3 Jul '09 16:01:05 PM Reply | Forward Ms Mamta Banerji's Railway Budget is excellent, particularlythe proposal to build Hospitals and constructing Traning Colleges for the Nurses in the vacant Railway land is commendable. Such health care facility will improve the medical atention of the common man, which is presenly low ebb. Even her proposal for cleanliness in the Railway Stations and for providing quality food, while travelling are also very good sign and relief for the travelling public. Introduciton of new fast/non-stop trains to Soputh India is an excellent idea thereby the Income to Railways will increase manifold. Over all the Railway budget is a good one for the travelling public.

Railwau BudgetBy: V. Sivasankaran | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:48:33 PM Reply | Forward Mamata should thank Lalu who has done wonderful job as aRailway Minister and the fund he made available for herto announce some new schemes. Otherwise she cant do this.In the past when she was a Railway minister she failed in toto.

Nice BudgetBy: Aravind | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:36:06 PM Reply | Forward I feel Mamatha had done good job this year.She might have given more importance to Andhra pradesh where leading MP's to Lok sabha from Andhra Pradesh.Happy to see new tatkal facilities.

mixed reactionBy: Sharrayu Aroskar | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:24:43 PM Reply | Forward Mumbai was waiting for more expeansion clealiness and safety measures but nothing came way to the local train passengers who travel on western line everydayAlso more dustbins and toilets on the platform

rAILWAY BUDGETBy: K G D Rao | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:16:53 PM Reply | Forward The most important item that is missing in the budget is "stress" on cleanliness, both within the train and the Railway Station,. No accountability on the railway staff for keeping the train , including the toilets clean, serving hygeinic food, and clean and washed blankets. The menace of beggarswill continue to plague the passengers. Otherwise the Budget is a great relief to the common man.

JAI HO 'DIDI'By: samim | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:13:59 PM Reply | Forward Its expected that our Didi will done a great job.Now people of West Bengal knows who help the nation as well as staes,Buddha or Mamata.CPIM root less in Bengal.We always need this type of minister.Best of Luck Didi.all the best for Next 'CM Of Bengal'.Also I think after getting CM post of Bengal she hand over her ministry to proper candidate.

Injustice to marathwada regionBy: Mayuresh | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:10:56 PM Reply | Forward mamata's rail budget has not done any thing for the people of marathwada. Thier is no mention of any new projects, besides no provisions are made to the existing project. Mamata must give serious consideration to doubling of manmad-kachikuda section,also the new lines such as Jalgaon-Aurangabad-Beed-Solapur and Nanded-Wardha should be taken so that people of region must get better train services.

Railway Medical Colleges : Didi you have great ideasBy: Subroto Banerjee | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:10:25 PM Reply | Forward The concept of Medical colleges proposed to be opened through public-private partnership model is a great idea. This will not only help Railway employees to avail better medical facilities, but also, the working Doctors of Indian Railways will be able to carry out new Research works in cunsultation with the young brain of newly admitted medical students.

Toilets at Railway StationsBy: Gaurav Jindal | Friday , 3 Jul '09 15:00:42 PM Reply | Forward I hope DIDI has taken into account opening of tolets on the platforms. As of now there are no toilets on different platforms forcing people to loiter in public. The only toilets (filthy) that you find are at the enterance of the railway station and not on idividual platforms.

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