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Citizen's Reactions
Mumbai - Chennai sector will always be a God Forsaken Route. For a distance of 1200 KM one has to travel 24 Hours. No improvements, This is the height of Suffering for the passengers
Easwar Raghunathan
mamata ji railway budjet is very good.Newest is, creating new industry by the both involbing goverment and private or very well parmanent asset for income by the involbing other industry in rail......
sushil singh
IT SEEMS THAT gUJARAT HAS NOT JUSTIFIED AS THERE IS NO NEW TRAIN. IINDLY THE IIIRD SIDE WAS TO BE REMOVED, BUT NOT HEARD ABOUT ....
Yashwant Bhatt
Mamta: Priority to improvement in amenities,cleanness ,safety and securities.
rajiv tensionable
Mamta: 50 world class station including mumbai,delhi kolkata.
rajiv tensionable
Mamta : railway budget of the people for the people and by the people
jagannath
Railway is not business of government so we should not think about it's profit or loss. It is for public convenience so budget should be in public favor and poor people should be beneficial.
jagannath
Let's hope the railway budget gives us some relief from the recession!
Momi
Mamata Banerjee cannot perform as good as Lalu Prasad Yadav as Railway Minister!
Radhika
Railway budget is not expected to be people friendly this time
Arshi
There's talk that the railways may run into a deficit this time ...
Ambika
Hope the proposed monthly pass scheme for students and vendors will be there in final budget
Raima
Macher Jhol .... awaited
Bhattacharaya
hard strokes of recession might impact fare cuts in budget as the probosed by Lalu led to the rev loss of 1700 cr this year..
Arvind Singh
This time budget might not be able to please markets
Zoya
Tatkal scheme should give preference to people who have paid their taxes
chintu
Highlights
  On lalu's Pre-Budget- Feb 2009
  • Railways has generated the revenue of 90,000cr in last 5 years
  • Allocation of Rs10,500 cr on pension requirement for railway employees
  • Container traffic to show steep fall
  • Delhi- Mumbai freight corridor initiated
  • Railways to invest 35,900 cr in year 2009
  On Mamata Pre-Budget - July 2009
  • Railway passes on subsidized rates for students and vendors .
  • Development of Rail facility in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Promotion of trade tourism by connecting ports and coastal areas to all tourist destinations in country.
  • Adding Machcher Jhol (fish curry) on the menu on Howrah- and Sealdah-bound Rajdhanis.
  • 'A new catering policy'
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