The day will not be far off, if the Indian Railways fail to modernize their stocks (coaches, railway lines, signals, etc.), its coaches will have to be moved around by Indian Lorries, as shown in the below picture!
It is high time the Railway Board take up modernization program on priority basis and go slow on new projects. Railway Board many a times is forced to take up new lines/projects due to political pressure. These projects though economically unviable are taken up under the garb of socially desirable. As a result, most of the projects remain in papers for long.
According to ProjectsToday.com, as of 31 October 2012, there were 760 railway projects costing USD 85 billion. Indian Railways with a network of 63,974 km carry around 7 billion passengers and 833 million tonne of freight traffic every year.
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| Rail on Lorry, Indian Style! |
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