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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caotic situation in IR, and huge scarcity of trains. Passengers would have cried for new trains whereas RB would have not given new trains instead either Special fare special trains would used to run with more fares or IRCTC trains with more fare AC coaches or Private trains with high fare would have runned and middle class and poor people would have suffered. Also small stations stoppages would have been removed and many trains would have been cancelled.
I think it was good that earlier there were separate railway Budget and new trains were given for common poor middle class passengers. Otherwise God knows what would have happened. Although now trying to cancel many existing trains in new so called ZBTT and remove stoppages of many trains.