Railways get ‘the woman’s’ touch!

I waited eagerly the entire morning for the rail budget and then got glued to my TV [yeah literally] when the budget was being announced!!......

Huh?

Why?

…..well.. I had nothing better to do !! … So I made up my mind to show a little interest, in what interests me the least! – (i.e.: show a lil interest in the railway budget ofcourse!!, not in Mamata Banerjee …)

Well anyways, I must mention that I quite liked the budget thingy overall … it was nice to see Mamata Banerjee setting up a rosy picture –highlighting issues like safety, punctuality, cleanliness and quality housekeeping in her speach [yeah these points are often there in every budget … but somehow Banerjee was convincing ].. Cleverly reading out her speech the rail minister only emphasized on things she wanted to and said she was too tired to read the other “unimportant stuff”

Personally I liked a few things that are mentioned in this budget,

1. Better canteen facilities and food stalls on platforms {yeah I was dying for this one, you see god listens to the hungry! Specially when your hungry on the station with very little edible stuff around u}
2. Doctor in long distant trains... and ambulances at major stations {finally something new!}
3. Farmer trains {yeah special trains to carry perishable stuff.. fruits and all .. }
4. ‘izzat’ { scheme for giving privileges to people with income levels below Rs:1500}
5. 'turant' {12 non stop trains }

Besides this a few other things were also mentioned like:-

• No increase in fair charges
• 57 new trains
• ladies specials at metros during peak hours
• medical facilities
• computerized ticketing
• 50% concession for media people
• double Decker trains
• optical railway network
• usage of railway land for industry

so moral of the story:- yet another budget comes out !!!

and will this budget do wonders for us ??? ... Well atleast Mamata Banerjee thinks so... so lets hope and pray she turns out to be right (..do we have a choice??? )

hmmm….

will lady luck bring joy to the millions who travel by the railways??? -

Let’s wait and watch!!

P.S :- this was supposed to be posted yesterday, but unfortunately i could not!