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Ahead of budget, Railways stares at Rs 3,000-cr loss

New Delhi: Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav may have walked away with accolades for effecting cuts in passenger fares, even if they had strings attached, during his five-year term, but the Railway Ministry is now feeling the heat, losing as much as Rs 3,000 crore of revenue annually because of th ....Read more

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massive investment is need of the hourBy: alok sharma,gwalior | Sunday , 28 Jun '09 21:15:01 PM Reply | Forward Indian railway needs massive investment for uni gauge system, doubling of tracks on all route, building hundreds of new routes, removing thousands of small bottle necks like creation of Merta city Ajmer route via Pushkar, building and replacing thousands of bridges and tunnels, 100% electrification, tripling of rolling stock, creating massive paid civic amenities at or near railway stations etc etc. In this country of 1200000000 human beings railway needs many innovative ways to mop up infinite amount of money. I will request to issue future passenger and freight tickets purchasable even in black money. When roads are 8 lanes why single line railway routes still exist. Railway needs many innovative ways to mop up infinite amount of money. I will request to issue future passenger and freight tickets purchasable by any asset or money. Guna Etawah route started when Tendulkar started his international career and now he has attained the status of sporting God G-E project is still incomplete. Will policy makers listen to me.

RAILWAY BUDGETBy: jasbir singh oberoi | Saturday , 20 Jun '09 21:34:52 PM Reply | Forward ALL BUDGETS DURING LALU REGIME WERE MANIPULATED AND PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN PROPER RESPONSE TO HIS COMICS.

MISLEADING EXPERT LALOO PRASADBy: B SGANESH, BANGALORE | Saturday , 20 Jun '09 21:21:45 PM Reply | Forward As every body knows Laloo Prasad is a cunnig misleading person. There is no wonder if he had managed figures to show profit and betterment of railways. Now his work is exposed by loss of 3000 crore rupees. This requires detailed investigation.B SGANESH, BANGALORE

Railway lossBy: richard | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 18:00:00 PM Reply | Forward Why worry about it? You publish the news today, people will forget it tomorrow. The Railway employees do not want anyone to know that they are paid much more than what their labour is worth. The commuters are carried like sardines in our locals. If the railway minister thinks of raising the fare, the railway coaches will be torched and the government will be thrown out. So, let things go on degenerating life long. That is our Indian Karma.

Rail ................................WayssssssssssssssBy: unohoo | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 14:30:34 PM Reply | Forward Lalu 's idiosyncrasy did no good to him or his party.Hope there is a lesson in this to other incumbents. Booking systems are still manipulated especially the tatkal scheme. The third row in the side in 2nd sleeper / 3rd AC has dehumanized the passengers and invariably there is some altercations which erupt because of this. Why blame the Minister when all under him have been ' yes ! ministers' ! Sack the board and all top General managers for the 3000 crore revenue loss. Revamp the system ,let there be people who concentrate on efficiency in running the system and offer value based services to the passengers.Let this huge monolith start functioning like what it ought to an efficient corporate rather than be a junk yard of have-beens and living-on-doles type of community. However I want to record my appreciation for the low accident record in the last few years and also the speedy rectification when ever an accident has taken place.

Lalu worked Satyam style - should be sent to TIHAR ASAPBy: arun kumar | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 14:24:08 PM Reply | Forward Hopeless conditions of coaches, catering. Those writing for Lalu must be travelling by air. Poor punctuality, indisciplened staff -(remember a drunk driver hijacked train). Tourism sector has been most effected because of careless and reckless management under Lalu.Cocroches and rats occupy I a/c class in Delhi - Kolkata Rajdhani. Lal Bhadur Shastri resigned as a Rly. minister when an accident had taken place - It is very painful when a criminal like Lalu is complimented by readers saying "in 60 years nobody has done such good work",either this fellow does not know history of India or a sycophant.

Good excuse for privatisationBy: KVSKumar | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 13:43:12 PM Reply | Forward If, even a fraction of the unused/unusable railings and other scraps are sold off and vacant spaces in stations rent out the railways can make a bounty and come out of the losses. Then why this clamouring about revenue losses?

The Railway Budget.By: Sridhar | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 13:41:37 PM Reply | Forward The big question is: Who audited, supervised and checked Lalu's budget which always showd surplus? He would have got a Nobel prize for his budget!

WHO WILL GET BENIFIT IF FARE INCREASEBy: RAHUL | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 13:34:44 PM Reply | Forward When railways fare increase does passengers get more services from railways? for example in Tatkal scheme passengers are paying more then it was first implemented....but the services decrease...Does any Railway minister not look who is geeting the increase amount. and who suffers. In Rajdhani or any other trains Pantry service is detoreate day by day. The food service cannot be eat by a normal people. Does the Railway minister try and pantry food itself then only he/she can feel.. If fare increase than more effect is gone to passenger who buy ticket by in his own poscket not the govt employees who get reimbursement.....but service not increase...Railways department just get the fare...

Railways should continue to exist.By: njayaram | Thursday , 18 Jun '09 13:07:10 PM Reply | Forward It was morally incorrect for ex Railway Minister Lalu Yadav who mentioned about surplus in Railway budget, even making management institutes to invite him for lecturing on profitability. After his exit the rut is in the open and since railways are the best and economical mode of transport, our ministers should not allow the system to die for their narrow vote garnering politics. It is the selfishness of some of our people to go gaga over reduction in tariffs, without considering the health of the system. Hope Didi doesn't do any damage for poltitical expediency.

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