Kolkata: Railway Minister of state Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury Monday urged the Railway officials and employees to be sensitive
towards common man availing the services of Railways as it was “lifeline of
India”.
“Don’t get impatient when common
man complains to you, listen to them carefully and take initiative if you can
solve them, if not then try to make them understand, but never misbehave with
the passengers as railway is the life line of India,” the minister said.
He was here to flag-off Haldia-Anand Vihar weekly superfast
express and two other local trains, and announced another superfast express
train weekly train from Shalimar in West Bengal to Bhuj in Gujarat from April
20.
Haldia- Ananda Vihar superfast
express (train no. 12443/12444) will run from Ananda Vihar (from 23rd April)
every Tuesday at 19.10 and every Thursday from Haldia.
Shalimar- Bhuj Superfast express
(train no. 22829/22830) will run every Tuesday from Bhuj and every Saturday
from Shalimar.
Chowdhury said that India was one
of the four countries which had the capacity to carry 10 billion tonnes of
freight per annum.
“We are also trying to increase
the capacity of goods train to 10000 tonnes” he said.
In USA a goods train has the
capacity to carry over 25000 tonnes.
He also said there were plans to
set up base kitchens at major stations as a step to improve the standard of
food.
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