What is in for you in Railway Budget 2009!
Jul 3, 2009 India
Today Mamta Banerjee (honorable Railway Minister of India) presented the Union Railway Budget for the year 2009-10. As expected it was a budget for the benefits of common people. I am really happy with the implementations which she brought forward for Tatkal reservation systems. Let’s see what is in for you in Railway Budget 2009?
Actually the first impression which came in mind after seeing the Railway Budget 2009-10 is that Railway Minister sticks to the basics. The major attraction of the budget is that there will be no hike in the fairs of passengers and goods. It will surely bring smile on the face of common people, many of them were expecting a slight hike in the fairs as the recession time is still going on.
The most important aspect which came from this Railway Budget is in the Tatkal reservation system. New Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee has reduced the period of advance booking under the Tatkal reservation scheme to 2 days now. Earlier it was of 5 days. Another benefit which she gave to the passengers is that now the Tatkal tickets will be booked up to the destination of the passenger not from the beginning station to the end station. It will reduce the charges. She also promised that now the Tatkal charges will also levied as a percentage of the fare. This will also further reduce the fare.
Mamta Banerjee promised 50 world class stations in the cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. These stations includes Howrah, Sealdah, New Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Kolkata, New Jalpaiguri, Puri, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur and many more. She has the planning of developing these stations with the help of Public and Private sectors partnership.
Mamta Banerjee emphasized the medical, and security facilities on the trains, especially on the trains of the long distance. She will be planning to bring one Doctor in all long distance trains. She will also implement the ambulance facilities in long distance trains.
She has announced 57 new trains while extended 27 trains and increased the journey of 13 trains. She announced to open ATM’s in 200 small and medium stations. Overall we can say that this budget is prepared considering about the common people of India and thus she completed her promise to them.
One of the amazing initiative which Mamta Banerjee took in this budget, is the start of the special AC train for the long distance and especially designed for the young peoples. The name of these trains will be Yuva Train, and these train will cover the distance of around 1000 to 2000 Kilometers. The fairs of these trains will remain too less and these will only have the seating arrangements, not the sleeper facility. As a pilot project Indian Railways has choosen two routes Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata to start with the Yuva Trains. Along with this she has also announced developing Eco-friendly toilets in the trains. Also Mamta Banerjee emphasized on developing the Passenger Reservation System, so that tickets can easily reach to the passengers.
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