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RE:Make Lalu as finance minister
by Kaushik Das on Apr 24, 2008 06:30 AM

mr singh, can you please elaborate what greatness there is in his running of railways. for all the talk of profit, I fail to understand why the railways needs to generate profits. It is a service organisation provided by the govt.

Even if you still talk in terms of profits, do you realise that:
1. stations are less clean than earlier - less costs.
2. in case of anything missing like a bedsheet, the poor staff pays for it from his pocket - no cost to railways.
3. lack of cleanliness in trains - even AC bogies - rats, flies, lizards, etc are common sightings - no cost to railways.
4. they charge service charges (40 rupees) for e-tickets. unfair profiteering.
5. they charge you extra for cancellation of tickets. unfair profiteering.
6. they charge you extra if you book tickets from any other than the origin station (which you obviously would if you book return tickets). unfair profiteering.
7. coolies and mafia are ruling the roost. no cost / control from the joker.
8. freight charges have been increased - unfair profiteering.
9. no let up in corruption among TTEs. no cost to mr joker.
10. major accidents - mr joker says that he is not responsible. Mr rahu is responsible.

If the above is considered 'performance' by you, i hope you live in laloolands forever.

Lastly, do you even know an iota about bihar?

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