[Marxistindia] LITANY OF BROKEN PROMISES IN RAILWAY BUDGET 2011

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LITANY OF BROKEN PROMISES IN RAILWAY BUDGET 2011

 

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     PROMISES IN BUDGET 2010
     COMMENTS
     WHAT WAS SAID IN BUDGET 2011
     
      NEW LINES

       
     1000 KMS IN 2010-11
     25000 KMS IN NEXT 10 YEARS WAS PROMISED AS PART OF VISION 2020
     700 KMS TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 2011
     
      UPGRADATION OF STATIONS
     94 STATIONS WERE DECLARED AS ADARSH STATIONS
     309 STATIONS WERE DECLARED AS ADARSH STATIONS IN 2009 BUDGET
     442 ADARSH STATIONS TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 2011; 236 MORE STATIONS TO BE MADE ADARSH STATIONS 
     
      WORLD CLASS STATIONS
     10 MORE STATIONS TO BE CONVERTED TO WORLD CLASS STATIONS
     50 STATIONS WERE SELECTED FOR WORLD CLASS STATIONS IN 2009 BUDGET
     NOT MUCH HEADWAY BECAUSE OF 'HIGH COSTS'
     
      MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES (SHOPPING CENTRES, RESTUARANTS, STORES, PCOS, HOTELS, MULTI-LEVEL PARKING ETC. IN STATION PREMISES)
     CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER 93 MFCs TO BE TAKEN UP
     CONSTRUCTION OF 50 MFCs BY IRCON AND RLDA WAS ANNOUNCED IN 2009 BUDGET
     A FEW ARE IN THE 'PROCESS OF COMPLETION'; MORE MFCs ANNOUNCED
     
      BOTTLING PLANTS FOR FRESH WATER 
     6 BOTTLING PLANTS TO BE SET UP AT AMBALA, AMETHI, MAL, NASIK, FARAKKA AND TRIVANDRUM
     BOTTLED WATER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED AT STATIONS AT CHEAPER RATES
     NOT MENTIONED
     
      NEW TICKET CENTRES
     OPENING TICKET CENTRES AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AND VILLAGE PANCHAYATS
     A PROMISE TO SELL COMPUTERIZED TICKETS FROM 5000 POST OFFICES WERE MADE IN BUDGET 2009
     NOT MENTIONED
     
      RAILWAY SAFETY
     ANTI-COLLISSION DEVICE (ACD) TO BE EXTENDED TO 3 MORE ZONAL RAILWAYS; 

      4 PROJECTS OF TRAIN PROTECTION WARNING SYSTEM (TPWS) COVERING 828 KMS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2010-11
     EXTENSION OF ACD TO SOUTH, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAYS WAS ANNOUNCED IN 2009 
     'WILL BE COMMISSIONED' IN 3 ZONES; TO BE EXTENDED TO 4 MORE ZONES; NO MENTION OF TPWS
     
      UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS
     ANOTHER 1000 LEVEL CROSSINGS WILL BE MANNED IN 2010-11
     MANNING OF 3000 UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS WAS APPROVED IN 2009-10
     1500 UNMANNED CROSSINGS ELIMINATED; 2500 UNMANNED CROSSINGS TO BE MANNED NEXT YEAR
     
      SPORTS
     5 SPORTS ACADEMIES TO BE SET UP AT DELHI, SECUNDERABAD, CHENNAI, KOLKATA AND MUMBAI
     ASTRO-TURFS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOCKEY WAS ALSO PROMISED 
     NOT MENTIONED
     
      CULTURE & HERITAGE
     RABINDRA MUSEUM AT HOWRAH; GITANJALI MUSEUM AT BOLPUR TO COMMEMORATE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF TAGORE
     SHAMBHU MITRA CULTURAL COMPLEX AT HOWRAH WAS ALSO PROMISED
     NOT MENTIONED
     
      HOUSING 
     "HOUSE FOR ALL" RAILWAY EMPLOYEES 
     TO BE PROVIDED IN 10 YEARS
     NOT MENTIONED
     
      HOSPITALS AND EDCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
     522 HOSPITALS AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES (INCLUDING 40 MULTI-SPECIALITY HOSPITALS), 50 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS, 10 RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
     DEGREE COLLEGES, TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS ALSO PROMISED FOR CHILDREN OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
     HOSPITALS NOT MENTIONED; 20 MEDICAL ROAD MEDICAL VANS TO BE PROVIDED; RVPB TO BE SET UP TO IMPROVE SCHOOL QUALITY; 20 HOSTELS FOR CHILDREN OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED
     
      COACH AND LOCO FACTORIES
     NEW COACH FACTORIES AT KANCHARAPARA AND PALAKKAD; DMU FACTORY AT SANKRAIL; SECOND UNIT AT ICF CHENNAI; COACH MLR WORKSHOP AT ANARA (ADRA); LOCO FACTORIES AT MEDHEPURA AND MARHORA TO PROGRESS 
     WORK ON RAE BAREILLY COACH FACTORY TO 'PICK UP'; WILLINGNESS TO SET UP COACH FACTORY AT SINGUR ALSO EXPRESSED 
     FIRST COACH FROM RAE BAREILLY TO TURN OUT WITHIN THREE MONTHS; ALL OTHER PROJECTS ARE 'PROGRESSING' AND A 'CORE GROUP OF OFFICERS' ARE WORKING TO 'TAKE THEM FORWARD'
     
      WAGON FACTORIES
     5 WAGON FACTORIES AT SECUNDERABAD, BARDDHAMAN, BHUBANESWAR/KALAHANDI, GUWAHATI AND HALDIA 
     IN JV/PPP MODE
     'ALREADY EXECUTING WORKS' OR 'ALSO TO BE TAKEN UP'
     
      RAIL AXLE FACTORY
     NEW RAIL AXLE FACTORY IN NEW JALPAIGURI; TWO POH/IOH WORKSHOPS FOR HIGH AXLE LOAD WAGONS IN MAHARASHTRA AND DANKUNI
     JV/PPP MODE
     'TAKEN UP'
     
      KISAN VISION PROJECT
     6 CARGO CENTRES FOR PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO BE SET UP AS PILOT PROJECTS IN DANKUNI, MECHCHEDA, NASIK, NEW JALPAIGURI, NEW AZADPUR AND SINGUR; 
     REFRIGERATED CONTAINER FACTORY IN PPP MODE IN  BUDGE BUDGE ALSO PROMISED
     MENTIONED ONCE AS BEING AMONG POLICY INITIATIVES WHICH HAVE RECEIVED 'ENCOURAING' RESPONSE
     
      AUTO HUBS
     AUTOMOBILE AND ANCILLARY HUBS AT 10 LOCATIONS
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     MENTIONED ONCE AS BEING AMONG POLICY INITIATIVES WHICH HAVE RECEIVED 'ENCOURAING' RESPONSE
     
      ECO PARKS
     10 ECO PARKS TO CONSERVE FOREST AND WETLANDS UNDER RAILWAYS

       
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     NOT MENTIONED
     
       

      DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDORS
     DFCCIL TO BE REVAMPED; LAND ACQUISITION WITHOUT INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE; SONNAGAR-DANKUNI SECTION OF EASTERN CORRIDOR PROJECT TO START DURING 2010-11; PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR REMAINING FOUR CORRIDORS: NORTH-SOUTH; EAST-WEST AND SOUTH-SOUTH
     'DIAMOND CORRIDOR' WAS ANNOUNCED IN BUDGET 2009
     MAIN AGREEMENT WITH JICA SIGNED FOR WESTERN CORRIDOR; BIDDING PROCESS HAS COMMENCED; WORK 'HAS STARTED' ON EASTERN CORRIDOR IN DANKUNI
     
       

      DEDICATED PASSENGER CORRIDORS
     GOLDEN RAIL CORRIDOR ANNOUNCED; 6 HIGH SPEED PASSENGER RAIL CORRIDORS OF 250 TO 350 KMPH SPEED
     NATIONAL HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY TO BE SET UP
     PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR DELHI-MUMBAI LEG TO START 'EARLY NEXT YEAR'; OBJECTIVE TO RAISE SPEED OF PASSENGER TRAINS TO 160-200 KMPH
     
      TRANS ASIA RAILWAY NETWORK
     RAIL LINK BETWEEN AKHAURA IN BANGLADESH AND AGARTALA IN INDIA
     AS PER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS IN JANUARY 2010
     NOT MENTIONED
     
      SOCIALLY DESIRABLE RAIL CONNECTIVITY
     SURVEYS FOR 114 NEW LINES; 55 MORE NEW LINE SURVEYS CONSIDERED AS PER REQUESTS; 2 NEW GAUGE CONVERSION SURVEYS; 7 DOUBLING SURVEYS; 5 SHORT LINK SURVEYS
     5 NEW LINE SURVEYS TO NEPAL ALSO
     94 TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 2011; WORK TO COMMENCE IN 12TH FIVE YEAR PLAN (2012 ONWARDS) UNDER PMRVY
     

 

 

IF THIS IS THE RECORD VIS-À-VIS THE PROMISES MADE IN 2010, CAN WE BELIEVE IN THE PROMISES MADE IN 2011?



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