Didi diverted most of the funds, new trains and projects to her home state and managed IR while staying at Kolkata, busy with her hidden agenda of grabbing the WB CMs chair. Probably she still expects central govt to allocate half of the funds/projects/trains and other resources of IR to her home state!! To her budget will appear direction less because she cannot see in any direction other than the direction of WB/Kolkata.
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It is difficult to understand why IR (central govt) is investing heavily in loss making Kolkata Metro (as...
more... 18th zone of IR!!!) and why this special treatment is given to WB, where as the burden of Metros in other states are mainly shared by the respective state govts/municipal corporations/ private parties!! This is an injustice to other states. Even then WB CM severely criticising the budget is quite surprising, it appears more of a political act rather than reality.
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In addition IR bear huge losses from Kolkata Suburban trains, a large number of short distance intercity trains with very less number of coaches running in WB (mostly intra-WB trains and operated from Kolkata). The adage crying baby gets more milk had traditionally been applicable to IR ways of working. Poor states like Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand etc which give huge profits to IR and still remain silent are normally bereft of IR bounties.