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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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Toilest along the rail lines O'!By: Sumangal Pande | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 19:07:17 PM Reply | Forward What about some toilets by the rail lines in Mumbai? Not on the rail lines, please note. Or you are blind to the mess wreaked there every morning?

Andhra Pradesh is totally ignored?By: kishen c.rao | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 18:28:19 PM Reply | Forward It is so unfortunate that A.P is totally ignored while M.ps of this biggest state is totally impotents not to fight for any new railway line, connecting Secrudrabad to Karimnagar Via Siddipet, which gives more fiscal benifits and reduces the transportation problems. So unfortunate not to lay new lines with new connections in Rail industry. It is shame not to ask by these M.Ps of this Andhra Pradesh state, acting more perfidious to the people of this impoverished state and nation. It is so reprehesnisble act by these elected ones. I knew it through Teja T.V, I live in Winterville North carolina. I am a US citizen. These Politicians need to quit greed and fight for the state.....Kishen c.rao/Venky-villa, 116 berkhire dr, winterville, nc, 28590 USA.....

Railway Budget 2009 - Maharashtra's Disappointment!!!By: Mark | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 14:07:08 PM Reply | Forward Mamata didi, might have presented a good/ acceptable budget of her career and the recent budget may be quite charming to many people. But, this is one of the most disappointing budgets ever presented by any of the RMs, especially its disappointing to the Maharashtra people. No any provision for new railway links/ routes, neither any provision for pending links electrification and or doubling of single lines nor anything for gauge conversion. The most awaited new rail link Jalgaon-Ajanta-Aurangabad-Beed-Osmanabad-Solapur (which will connect the world heritage and monument Ajanta Caves to Indian rail network) is not given any consideration neither any provision/ funds allotted for the doubling of Udhana-Jalgaon line(joining two main trunk lines) and Manmad-Daund link.No announcements made in regards of the Manmad-Dhule-Indore new railway link (pending since 5 decades). No new trains introduced for inter-Maharashtra state viz, Nagpur/Gondia-Ratnagiri VidharbhaSagar Exp,...

We need to improve on aviation services By: Dr. Divyesh Raythatha | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 11:04:15 AM Reply | Forward Mamta Bannerjee has come out with really a good railway budget. She also plans for new trains. I fail to understand what does she mean by world class stations. Today, most of the developed countries use airplanes, cars, like means for travelling. They hardly think of developing new trains or railways and train stations. They develop most modern airplanes, airports, cars with latest technology, and comforts with safety. If an underdeveloped country claims that they have excelent, modern bullock carts or highest number of bicycles, it is not a prestigeous issue. It is o.k. that we need trains because very few people can efford to travel by air and use cars. I think, our government should start claiming of world class, international levels only if it is a comparable issue with other countries. Actually, we need to improve our overall standards of Air India, Air India Express and International Airports in Ahmedabad and other places which are not even comparable to underdeveloped countries.

congratulate today shall regret tomorrow, Didi TATABy: arun kumar | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 9:33:22 AM Reply | Forward IR should earn first - this earning could be spent for social causes. By converting IR into employment bureau,or by having various concessions IR is only complicating the work of executing staff.Coaches are stinking, in 2ac class nobody wants to take side births, still they exist. Minister has taken for granted that Indian public can travel like animals packed in wagons, and they are happy if the fare is not increased over years.Instead please try to give service and you will see public pays for it. She forgets that India is emerging as a major tourist destination.These tourists when see the deplorable condition of sanitation and services, carry back with them a picture of Tajmahal along with photo of a man taking bath at Mughalsarai Railway station. Are we proud of this pathetic situation? Should we not try to educate mases that Platforms are not bathing places? IA said tata to TATAs, for a foolish doctrine socialism - IR too will go down drains if not run as comm. organisation.

Sixty percent concession on Madrassa StudentsBy: Nishadan | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 9:23:42 AM Reply | Forward The minister for railway introduced a new type of concession on increasing superstition for attending MADRASSA education. Is it is type of empowering science and technology empowerment...It is undoubtedly say that any religion increase science thought. This type of concession will lead India to a darken age

Any help for Railway Coolies By: Manoj Sharma | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 9:07:04 AM Reply | Forward WILL RAILWAY MINISTRY DO SOMETHING FOR POOR RAILWAY COOLIES . WHY CANNOT BE THEY ASSIGNED SPECIAL TROLIES WHICH THEY CAN USE TO CART THE LUGGAGE IF NOTHING ELSE , FOR HOW LONG BARBARIC TRADITION OF CARRYING LUGGAGE ON HEAD WILL CONTINUE ? WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF OURSELVES FOR NEGLECTING POOR MAL NOURISHED COOLIES USED LIKE ROBOTS TO CART LUGGAGE , WHEN WILL MONDSET OF INDIAN GOVT AND BUREOCRATS CHANGE ? IS ANYBODY LISTENING THE VOICE OF THESE POOR UNDERPOWERED PEOPLE ??

Railway BudetBy: Premangsu Chowdry | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 5:11:19 AM Reply | Forward Excellent objectives with a historic investment. We must ensure accountability for this huge expenditure of the taxpayers' money by having a special group of watchdogs with guidelines from the Controller and Auditor General of India. It will ease the taxpayers' minds, by keeping those ready and greedy hounds to have their share in the bonanza. It will make it so much easier, to control scams before the projects take off ; fruitless and endless inquiries, cmmissions and committees will be obviated.

West Bengal BudgetBy: Kannan | Saturday , 4 Jul '09 2:17:24 AM Reply | Forward A very good West Bengal Railway Budget! It is a waste to have three junk ministries - Civil Aviation, Railways, Shipping and Surface Transport! All are criminals hell bent upon wasting public money.

Punctuality in RailwayBy: Hemant | Friday , 3 Jul '09 23:27:50 PM Reply | Forward The railway budget is no doubt nice that there is no increase in either passenger or goods freight. I Request Hon. Mamata Banerjee to give instruction to the entire railway to run the trains in time. it is just useless to run many trains without being punctual. It should be endevour of Railway Ministry that all the trains should be punctual. There are trains which has never run in time for last 2-3 years and DRMs are proud of it too. Responsibility should be fixed on the concerned control room staff and DRM of the division for late running of any train particularly DMU, EMU where there is no toilets

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