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Posted: Sep 19 2020 (23:58)
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Last Response: Sep 20 2020 (07:10)
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Last Response: Sep 20 2020 (07:10)
Looking at the present condition of Indian Railway. Separate Railway Budget is stopped. Now from last many years New trains are given mainly to Election bound States, specially to states where Government thinks they have chances of winning the election, they give New trains. If we remember last year there was Orissa state elections help where our Central government had very very less chances of winning. If i remember correctly, hardly any new train was given to Orissa state before election. Only Gondwana exp got extended till Sambalpur but that was also not Daily.
So, if earlier Separate railway Budget was not there and this policy would have been followed then today there had been a very...
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So, if earlier Separate railway Budget was not there and this policy would have been followed then today there had been a very...
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You have pointed out the correct things. Rail was used for vote politics for decades. Nothing new about it. But now-a-days, the central Govt is doing dirty things to it as you mentioned. Doing infrastructural development increased in recent years, no doubt. But passenger service, revenue does not improved. Even after doing privatization, initially rail will earn a good revenue from the private players. In long term, private player will withdraw their service because they don't want to be part of politics in place of profit. Finger crossed.
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