Stoppage of trains all over the India shall be very painful for the nation and citizen in short run, but if it happens it may turn out to be good for the nation in long run! At least there will be a general consensus in favour of breaking the existing monopoly and inefficiency in the railway operations in India and bring in the competition in railway operation by opening the entry of efficient private players in the rail transport sector.
Even after spending 68% of budgeted and about 75% of actual revenue (which is 10% lower than budgeted revenue) in paying Pay-Allowances-Pension, the employees are not satisfied and threatening to strike! This is a crystal clear indication that some thing is...
more... extremely wrong with IR and radical changes are urgently required to ensure improvement in its working.