Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram   

Privatisation move flayed

Staff Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: The public and the railway personnel should unitedly fight against the move to privatise Indian Railways, Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran has said.

Inaugurating a seminar on ‘Security of railways and privatisation’ organised by the Southern Railway Mazdoor Union-All India Railwaymen’s Federation here on Tuesday, he said privatisation of the railway catering and joint ventures and public-private partnership for the Rs.30,000-crore freight corridor were the first step in this direction. He said there was no justification for the privatisation when Union Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad claimed that he had made the railways profitable.

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

Stories in this Section

Plan to protect trees
Police warn of rise in burglaries during monsoon season
Hygiene hit as hospitals face shortage of cleaning staff
Campus Notes
Drainage division to get additional equipment
Promoting medical tourism in a big way
Medical facilities at relief camps
Privatisation move flayed
Superintendent’s office picketed
Protest rally inaugurated
Raptisagar Express rescheduled
Shops to be closed today

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu