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ven as he termed Mamata PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n NEW DELHI rime Minister
■ Varanasi-Singrauli Intercity Express (daily)
■ Nagpur-Bhusawal Express (tri-weekly) via Itarsi-Khandwa
E Banerjee’s Railway Budget as
disappointing, Bihar Chief s expected, arch rival CPI(M) showed
P Manmohan Singh
on Friday lauded
■ Puri-Gandhidham Express (weekly) via Durg
■ Howarh-Visakhapatnam Express (weekly)
Minister Nitish Kumar on
Friday took a dig at his archri-
A no mercy to Mamata Banerjee’s Railway
Budget. Within minutes after the presen-
Railway Minister
Mamata Banerjee for a
■ Guwahati-Dimapur Express (daily) val Lalu Prasad. He wondered tation of the budget on Friday, CPI (M) lead- “commendable job” by
■ Howrah-Darbhanga Express (weekly) where the `1 lakh-crore profit ers termed it as “cunningly juggled” figures. not increasing the pas-
that the Railways had made dur- By evening, the party headquarter’s senger fare in the
■ Vasco-Velankani Express (weekly) ing the tenure of Mamata’s pre- demand for a Duronto train researchers came out with a four page doc- Railway budget and
■ Bilaspur-Ernakulam Superfast (weekly) decessor (Lalu) had disappeared. Patna to New Delhi was ument on unfulfilled promises of the pre- CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury addressing a Press said that she has taken
■ Digha-Puri Express (weekly) “Though, I’ve not gone ignored and was given for vious Railway budget titled “Litany of bro- conference on Railways Budget 2011-12 on Friday PTI care to increase
■ Jodhpur-Delhi Express (bi-weekly) via Degana, Ratangarh through the budget thorough- Shalimar in West Bengal. ken promises”. The party’s highest body, “Announcements of projects without investment in critical
■ Kharagpur-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Vellore ly I can say that it was a disap- “Though some of the trains politburo’s lengthy statement titled “Indian any specific plan outlay or time schedule areas of infrastructure PM Manmohan Singh
pointing budget. Nirasajanak we’d requested for have been Railway on ruinous path,” followed which amounts to a farce. The 6 high speed pas- to sustain growth. comes out of Parliament
■ Udaipur-Bandra (T) Express (tri-weekly)via Ratlam hai. Things are not clear…looks given to us,” he said. termed Mamata’s budget presentation as a senger corridors announced in 2010 Budget Finance Minister after Railway Budget
■ Purulia-Viluppuram Express (weekly) via Midnapore, Kharagpur, Vellore hotchpotch”, said Nitish. He also said that earlier he “fraudulent exercise”. and forgotten this year is a prime example,” Pranab Mukherjee too Alwin Singh | Pioneer
■ Asansol-Gonda Express (weekly) via Chhapra, Mau, Shahganj, Ayodhya Nitish, who himself has had written letters to the Railway “The CPI (M) considers the Railway it maintained. It is clear that under the stew- said that though the
■ Delhi-Puducherry Express (weekly) been the Railway Minister, Minister requesting her to com- Budget presented in Parliament today as a ardship of the Railway Minister Mamata Railways face resource crunch due to imple-
■ Asansol-Tatanagar Express (tri-weekly) via Purulia said he failed to understand plete the railway projects pend- fraudulent exercise aimed at window dress- Banerjee, Indian Railways is on a ruinous mentation of the Sixth Pay Commission report
how the budget was prepared. ing for a long time in Bihar. “In ing the pathetic state of Railway finances and path. Is the Prime Minister allowing this to and increase in diesel prices, many projects have
■ Indore-Kota Intercity Express (daily) via Ruthiyai “When I was the Railway Digha, rail bridge project start- announcing sundry projects, which will happen due to “compulsions of coalition been launched. “Moreover, Mamata had to face
■ Bhagalpur-Ajmer Express (weekly) Minister I used to look at the ed in 2002 a rail road has also to never take off the ground. The Railways is politics”? The CPI(M) asked. pressure from all MPs, so she had a very diffi-
■ Howrah-Jaisalmer Express (weekly) via Raebareli, Ratangarh, Lalgarh projects and plans declared be constructed and the state gov- actually facing a financial crisis,” the polit- CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said the cult job. But she has done good,” he said.
■ Ernakulam-Bangalore Express (weekly) during previous year’s Budget ernment is ready to do its part buro said. “The Railway Budget of 2010 had Railway Minister has played with figures to The Congress also lauded Mamata for
■ Mangalore-Palghat Intercity Express (daily)
and discuss them but I did not but it is still pending”, said announced numerous projects, from world project an operating ratio of 91.1 per cent showing sensitivity towards the common man
find this practice to be followed Nitish Kumar. class stations, to railway coach and loco fac- for 2011-12 which he claimed has touched to which the UPA Government is totally com-
■ Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express (weekly) via Ajmer now”, he told mediapersons. “If railway is passing tories, wagon and axle units, power plants, 115 per cent at present. mitted by not increasing fares. Congress
■ Howrah-Nanded Express (weekly) “Even I could not under- through an economic crisis as auto hubs, sports complexes, hospitals and “Railways have paid `1700 crore less as spokesperson Manish Tewari congratulated the
■ Hardwar-Ramnagar Link Express (tri-weekly) stand the Budget but looking at cited by the present Railway so on. It is clear from Budget 2011, that these dividend,” and has therefore been able to Railway Minister for her “frank” admission of
it overtly it appears that Bihar Minister we wonder where has announcements were mere gimmicks show an improved operating ratio, he said the challenges before the Ministry that the
NEW ARRIVALS has been neglected,” he said
even as he lamented that his
all the money gone. It’s been a
puzzle for us,” he said.
which have either been recycled this year
or conveniently forgotten.
adding “She has played tricks with figures
and has cunningly juggled with statistics.”
Railways have come out of its difficulties and
is on a development path.
3 SHATABDI EXPRESS
l Pune-Secunderabad
l Jaipur-Agra
MAYAWATI SLAMS BUDGET FOR IGNORING UP
Lucknow: Calling Union Railway Budget as ‘Bengal Budget’ Chief
Minister Mayawati said that Union Railway Minister Mamata
POLL MANIFESTO, SAYS BJP
New Delhi: Terming the Railway
Budget as an “election manifesto” for
Maharashtra up, Mumbai down
l Ludhiana-Delhi
Banerjee has neglected Uttar Pradesh by not declaring project for the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI 47 additional services on the Thane-Vashi,
AC DOUBLE-DECKER SERVICES this state during her budget speech. polls, BJP said that it has “ignored” the Thane-Panvel, Borivali-Virar, Andheri-
l Jaipur-Delhi She said that Railway Minister neither introduced new trains rest of the country. “Mamata Banerjee’s ailway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Virar, Bandra-Virar and Churchgate-
l Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes for religious or historically important cities of the State nor
announced any new project for the State. “This shows the bias of
Rail Budget is like an election mani-
festo. The entire focus is on West
R Budget evoked a mixed response
from Mumbaikars, while people elsewhere
Borivali corridors, a proposal to augment
107 suburban services in the metropoli-
9 DURONTO TRAINS l Madurai-Chennai AC
(bi-weekly) the Union Government towards Uttar Pradesh,” she said in a writ- Bengal, and the rest of India has been in the State had more than a reason to be tan area from the present nine car EMUs
l Allahabad-Mumbai AC ten statement on Friday. tot a lly neg le c te d,” BJP G enera l happy with her announcements. to 12 car EMUs.
(bi-weekly) l Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram “It is not all. The Minister has also not given any assurance to Secretary Ananth Kumar told reporters Apart from introducing seven new Disappointed president of Mumbai
l Pune-Ahmedabad AC AC (bi-weekly) complete the on-going electrification of rail routes as well laying on Friday. Kumar said the Railway trains, bi-weekly Duronto trains from Suburban Railway Passengers’ Association
(tri-weekly) l Mumbai Central-New Delhi double track in many zones in the State. There should have been Budget should be scientifically formu- Mumbai to Allahabad and Pune to Deepak Gandhi said: “Mumbai suburban
l Sealdah-Puri non-AC AC (bi-weekly) a clear-cut assurance that this work would be over within a spec- lated and should give credence to the Ahmadabad and starting double-decker passengers will get zero benefits. There is
(tri-weekly) l Nizamuddin-Ajmer non-AC ified period of time while the fact is that many of these projects regional balance and development of AC services between Mumbai and no respite for them as not much has been
l Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam (bi-weekly) are running behind schedule, “Mayawati, who is also national pres- infrastructure all over the country. Ahmadabad, Mamata came out with two done in terms of increasing services for lakh
AC (tri-weekly) l Shalimar-Patna (tri-weekly) ident of Bahujan Samaj Party”, said. PNS PNS major Mumbai-specific announcements: of passengers who travel everyday”.