Railway Budget 2009: Highlights

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Railway Budget 2009: Highlights

NDTV Correspondent, Friday July 3, 2009, New Delhi

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Request increased budgetary support for Rs 5000 cr in fiscal year 2010
Provisions for new lines at Rs 2921 cr vs Rs 1100 crore
To spend Rs 1750 crore on gauge conversion
To set up Northeastern rail development funds
New 'Izzat' scheme: Poor to get 25-rupee monthly tickets for 100-km travel
All students will receive a 60% concession on tickets
Non-stop train services between select cities
12 new point-to-point train services
Safety is our first priority; improved safety signalling system will be in place: Mamata
Integrated security systems have been placed in 150 sensitive stations
Recruitment drive to fill-up backlog of SC/ST and women candidates
800 new locations for ticket reservations; 3000 new un-reserved ticket counters
Passengers can buy un-reserved tickets from 5000 post offices
Multi-functional utilities like bookstores and STD booths will be made available in stations
Railways will extend a helping hand to physically-challenged people
We will put at least one doctor in every long-distance train
Toilets to be similar to ones in aircrafts; facilities for every journey longer than 2 hours
We have decided to develop 50 world-class stations: Mamata
The Railway must set an example of inclusive growth: Mamata
Mamata says the old mindset of economic viability must be substituted with social viability and that Budget should be based on social viability
Mamata Banerjee presents Railway Budget in Parliament for the third time

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Tags: Budget, India, Mamata Banerjee, Railway

Posted by Tessy on Jul 04, 2009

Great job gonna b put in progress... bt what about the maintenance..? Constructing world class stations will be a herculean task but for our peole changing it into a thrashbin is no difficult... Threfore,It is very essential to educate people on cleanliness and punish them whenever the need arises. Since Railways is the next higher means of transport due care should be taken.

Posted by Gurmeet Singh on Jul 04, 2009

Railway budget is fair for common people. Mamata di ignored Kharagpur station as to be world class. Kharagpur is havings worlds longest railway platform and have biggest railway workshop in Asia. The rail coach factory should have come here instead of kachrapara. There was a long demand/need of s/f train from kharagpur to new delhi. daily 500 waitlist goes on current trains running here to delhi. Just like Rajdhani Express, Technology Express should be started where prestigious IIT's are present in India connecting New Delhi.

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