RailFans - we wander, but never get lost - Shaurya Kumar

IR ki karya pranali mein amool chool parivartan ki sakth avashyakata hai, Anyatha yeh ro-dho ke ghate mein hi chalta rahega. Museebatein kain hain-
- Political interference- loss making new trains, projects etc implemented
- IR being many times treated as personal fiefdom of officials/politicians to fulfil personal/political/ departmental interests
- Internal inefficieny- Historiaclly a Slow/poor decision making, inefficient work practices lead...
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to very poor utilisation of resources.
- Huge manpower- Laziness, complacency towards duties, incompetency of a many employees
- Continuing with old practices- IR had been very slow in adopting the latest technology, & latest Operation/ Maintenance/ management practices.
- Corruption- Maximum complaints are received by CVC from Rly ministry, in fact much higher than all the govt. banks put together. Commercial deptts (Rly ticket counters, parcel offices etc) having direct contact with customers are especially notorious.