Even the PMO can't get Railway Board to move
Traveling by train from Lucknow to Delhi two years ago, I got a sense of the price that the common man pays for the slow pace of decision-making by the powers that be. As the overcrowded train took a winding turn, I spotted a column of elbows and heads jutting out of the windows of the neighboring general compartments. This pathetic sight was naturally the result of a shortage of additional coaches and locomotives.
But when will the railways buy the coaches and locomotives that the system needs? How long will the average rail traveler have to put up with sleeping on the floor or fitting in like cattle?