1. Railways is not an Industry but Non-Profit making Organization, and if he said it had made profit, please tell me what has been done in these last 5 years by lalu for development of Railways
2.Lalu claims the price of Railway Tkts has not been increased in fact it has been decreased by 1 Re, do you know how the prices have been increased without any one even complaining abt it
3. Now Tatkal tickets are only issued from source to destination of the Train's route for ex if you want to travel from Delhi to Kanpur in a train going to Kolkata and you are not getting confirmed tkts and have to purchase tatkals tkt upto Kolkata and deboard where ever you feel like, Railway will charge u extra for the Tatkal tkt over and above the fare from delhi to kolkata
4. All passenger and slow train has been made super fast / express and a surcharge of Rs. 25/- has been added quietly, he has always been silent on this subject
5. He has introduced side middle berth on most of the trains leading to grave inconveninece to the passengers , this has been done in AC 3 tier coaches,
6.The no of berth in a coach has been increased to 82 from 63 making the area so cramped up and it is also very unsafe in the event if there is an accident
7.There has been no improvement on the schedule of the trains, even now train run 10-15 hrs behind schedule
8.In order to show profit he has increased freight load on weak rail tracks this increases the risk of accidents in the future
Re: Lalu is fooling everyone
by Suman Mandal on Apr 09, 2009 02:21 PM Permalink
Agreed..these are the points which surprisingly the media has kept quite about.. and neither did the visit to IIM prompt out these nuances.... he has the intelligence.. amazing intelligence...I really wish he would continue to put it to the greater cause for the development of the country.. rather than just filling his coffers..
Re: Lalu is fooling everyone
by raghu raghu on Apr 09, 2009 02:16 PM Permalink
your absolutely right, i do agree with u, this fellow simple say i improved railway , but his contribution is nil in growth, the fellows who worked for this is sidelined.he is crooked.
Re: Lalu is fooling everyone
by palakadan on Apr 09, 2009 02:36 PM Permalink
you are right. Earlier we were tipping the TTEs to get berth which was cheaper. nowadays, we have to pay RS.150 for tatkal in addition to extra fare from source to destination. The side upper berth is so inconvinient that only a rubberised human can get in. He has announced that the additional side berths would be removed from Apr'09 but still it is being used. Cheap publicity monger.
Re: Lalu is fooling everyone
by Vijayakumar MP on Apr 09, 2009 02:21 PM Permalink
U r right. Railways being monopoly with vast coverage of the country it is natural it should make profit. If you travel in any daytime superfast express trains you will find people just barge in the reserved coaches and create nuisance. TTEs just look other way. Through Tatkal we are fleeced by the railways.Though rates are cheaper compared to other mode of transport the maintenance of the coaches is very bad.Intrusion of beggars and unauthorised vendors is common sight in almost all the trains. Like airways if private players are allowed to run trains our Indian Railways will go the Indian Airlines way.
