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Lalu presents interim rail budget
NDTV Correspondent
Friday, February 13, 2009, (New Delhi)
Lalu presents interim rail budgetRailway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is presenting the interim railway budget. Highlighting the achievements, he said that Indian Railways generated a cash surplus of Rs 90,000 crore in the last five years. Here are the highlights:

  • 2 per cent fare cut in mail, express and AC trains
  • Railways to increase coach volumes in 16 trains
  • Railways have made huge turnaround
  • Huge improvement in rail security
  • Rail cash surplus at Rs 90,000 cr in past 5 years
  • Financial turnaround without burden on public
  • Railways has facilitated easier ticket booking
  • Freight traffic went up 9 per cent last year
  • Fall in iron ore export, container freight this year
  • Freight rates unchanged
  • Average freight growth up to 8 per cent in 5 years
  • Will invest Rs 2.30 lakh crore in 11th 5-year plan
  • Railways to introduce new wagons with higher capacity
  • Rs 70,000 crore surplus to be used to improve Railways
  • Expected freight revenue in 2009: Rs 59,060 crore
  • Railways to spend Rs 37,900 crore in FY '10
  • Work on Ludhiana-Kolkata freight corridor started
  • Work on Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor started
  • Feasibility study for bullet trains underway
  • To study feasibility for bullet train on Delhi-Patna route
  • Doing pre-feasibility study for 6 bullet trains
  • Kolkata metro expansion plans cleared
  • Railways to start 43 new trains in FY '10

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    Posted by charles on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , bangalore
    b'cause most of the rail way authorities have no proper guidelines to the passengers.
    Posted by tej on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , bangalore
    In a few years from now this whole thing of a socalled 'success' will be exposed for what it is worth. How much is going into the renewal fund of hte railways - this is a farce.
    Posted by YOGESH SHARMA on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , New Delhi
    services have not improved.cleaniness in compartments inc. toilets are worst. availability of water is another problem. Only timings & getting reservation have improved. Attendents do not bother about A/c & food quality.No accountability.
    Posted by Iqbal Khan on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , Mumbai
    India Railways have changed allroun and this need aplauds for Mantri Mahodaya Aadarniya Laloo ji. look at finacial management , Train Management and facilities are taking cue with internationd standards. I offer my gratitude to all concerned who have turne picarious condition into creamy layer of our Nation. Iqbal Khan
    Posted by Dipak Kumar Mitra on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , RANCHI
    BULLET TRAIN AS ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT, EITHER IS A PUBLICITY STUNT OR THE RLY AUTHORITY DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE. IF THE ACTUAL WORKS STARTS TODAY, IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST 10 YRS TO RUN ON INDIAN SOIL.
    Posted by Dr.Deepak.Kalarickal on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , Thodupuzha,kerala
    He should have used the huge surplus to make better coaches as the toilets are stinking now also and the floors and platforms are so dirty.
    Posted by ANIL OBEROI on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , MOHALI, NEAR CHANDIGARH
    DEAR SIR/MADAM:

    I really appreciate some of the actions of our beloved Shri. Lalu Prasad Yadav, RAILWAY MINISTER like opitmum uitlization of available seats to be alloted to passengers willing to be upgraded to First class or AC Chair car.

    BUt by selling GOVT land or giving it on lease of 99 years to for HOTELS near RLY stations,cannot be termed as success story.
    Accountability of each and every RLY employee has to increase.

    Passenger safety and luggage safety has to be world class. Merely doing feasibility studies for bullet trains is not sufficeint.

    Cleanliness in trains. Steps to avoid overcrowding at RLY platforms and issue of on the spot tickets, should be accorded priority.

    Ticket less travelling public should be given rigorious punishment.

    Travelling should be made comfortable and pleasant experience for Indian as well as tourist.

    MOVIES ON DEMAND ON LONG DISTANCE TRAINS.

    KALKA SHIMLA PALACE ON WHEELS SHOULD BE STARTED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

    MORE PALACE ON WHEELS.

    Thanks. JAI HIND.

    ANIL OBEROI
    M: 098159-08956








    Posted by Mujeeb on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , Trivandrum
    Few days before in the trivandrum railway station while i was getting out of the train, i had fell down in between the train and platform, becouse of bad condition of steps and train there was large space between train and platform. It did not injured me much becouse the train was not moving. I think railway should make more effort to improve safty of passengers.
    Posted by Dr Sameer Junnarkar on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , London
    We keeping hearing about success story of the Indian Railways and about the greatness of the Railway minister. But have our railways become safer? Do they run on time? Have the conditions of commuters improved especially in city like Mumbai where the local railway is the lifeline? Have they become cleaner? How do they compared to other developing/ developed nations? If the answers are in the negative- which they are, Our Railways are a failure.
    Posted by V P Sarin on Saturday, February 21, 2009 , Dehradun
    Financial jugglary or not, it has to be realised that all the PSUs whether railways, Roadways, Govt. Airlines, orDepartment of posts , can be made to generate profits if managed properly. It shows that the Indian Goverment was sleeping till now on a gold mine which could turn around long back and needed good management. I am of the opinion that the Goverment too need professionals now, educated people should only be allowed to contest elections, peoples representatives in Govt. with crimnal backgrownds should be barred from contesting elections Accountability should be fixed for goverment functioneries who hold public office.
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