munna 2235 days ago

@ P Rajagopalan. I agree with comments. It should never be on the whims of the Railway minister. Hitherto Bihar, UP, Delhi, TN and Bengal cornered a lions share of allocations just because of the coalition compulsions. There should be other parameters set for new line allocations, stations, stops and which the railway minister can never deviate from that. Why do we have so many death carrier trucks plying on our national highways. this should have been freed up by creating more rail lines. But trucker's lobby, owners of many are close relatives of ministers will ensure this never happens. In fact I cant understand why Railways should be a central subject. Every State should be able to declare new lines and implement without Central interference. Same with metro lines too. Only then we can be a true federal republic.