Ritika
Nagpur, What has come of the Kovid period, as if the journey has become forbidden for the railway passengers. Earlier many strict rules were made for reservation, heavy special charges were levied in the name of special trains, there was a big reduction in stoppages, the number of passenger trains was reduced. The Kovid crisis is over and more than 90 percent trains have been started but a new problem is being faced with the delay of trains by hours. The situation has become such that the passengers do not understand what is their fault, are they facing the punishment of trust on the Railways?
The journey of Vidarbha Express became difficult
It may be noted that Vidarbha Express running between Gondia-Mumbai is a major train connecting Nagpur to the state capital. Vidarbha Express, known for its perfect timing, has been running late for several weeks. The condition is that despite traveling only 126 km between Gondia to Nagpur, the Vidarbha Express reached Nagpur on Wednesday with a delay of three and a half hours.
A day earlier also the said train ran late by 1.19 hours. The condition is that this train is not able to cover its time even till Mumbai, and it is reaching there too late by hours. According to the passengers who regularly go to Mumbai by Vidarbha Express, this is the situation for the last about 3 weeks.
starving passengers
Exactly the same undeclared punishment was suffered by the passengers of train 12772 Raipur-Secunderabad Express a day ago. Despite leaving Raipur at the right time, the train did not reach Gondia till 10 pm. Passengers aboard the train told that goods trains were passed by stopping the express train for hours. Trains were stopped at such places, where neither tea nor water was available. Children, old people became helpless due to hunger. Passengers traveling for a few hours do not carry food items with them, but the delay of hours made the journey a long journey. This delay caused a lot of pain to passengers who had to change trains from Nagpur as they could not catch their second train.
Cruelty on passengers due to becoming corporate
A passenger traveling in train 12772 Raipur-Secunderabad Express lashed out at the functioning of the Railways. He said that these days the specter of molding the Railway Ministry, Board and Divisions in the corporate culture is on the rise. That’s why they have come down to cruelty on the passengers. I have a direct question to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav that for what he is punishing the passengers.
When route clear can be given for Vande Bharat Express, then why not for other express trains. Has the Railways now started considering the passengers of low-rate tickets as sheep-goats? He said that in the last one and a half years on the Raipur to Nagpur route, there has not been a single day on which trains have not been canceled or passengers have not been harassed by delay of hours. After all, what is such a basic work that is not taking the name of ending. Are we being punished for trusting the Railways?
