Miscellaneous - This Day That Age   

dated July 22, 1956: More trains

During the current financial year the Government would introduce 20 additional trains on the broad gauge and 20 more on the metre gauge, said the Railway Minister, Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri, inaugurating the fifth meeting of the National Railway Users Consultative Council in New Delhi on July 20. Apart from this, about 200 trains would have more coaches. The Minister said that to cope with overcrowding on the railways, it was proposed to provide additional transportation capacity of 23 per cent on the metre gauge and 10 per cent on broad gauge during the Second Plan period. Mr. Shastri said that much more had to be spent on certain items of development programme of the railways as against the present allotment "if we really want to cope with the increases both in passenger as well as goods traffic." He referred to the suggestion of Prof. Galbraith, the American economist, that active steps should be taken to discourage travel on the Indian Railway and said "while this is a desirable objective, it must not be forgotten that there is very little luxury travel on our railways. Travel in connection with various melas, marriages, etc, could certainly be reduced considerably and it is here that this council can help in creating the right atmosphere through propaganda.''

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Cartoonscape
The Hindu Crossword 8662
Solution to Puzzle 8661
Hymn of Kunti
dated July 22, 1956: More trains
dated July 22, 1956: Advice to Ministers
dated July 22, 1956: UN's 77th member
Weather

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu