April 19, 2008

Train trip.................

On 25th of March, I was traveling from Mumbai CST to Eluru by Konark express train. Wow what an experience. The train was full of rats and crocoches, now and then the rats were making all the travelers their presence by fighting and crying in between. Before I started my traveling itself I had a nice experience. After an hour of traveling from vasi to Mumbai CST, I was already tired and hungry. So as soon as I reached the station, I just opened the prawn biriyani that our aunty had given for my lunch from the parish. I just opened and started to eat in the little place where I was sitting. Just on the corner there was a waste box and after the food, I just put the plastic in it. As I put into the waste box the plastic, there came out two big rats. I was so irritated to see them. This shows, how our Indian government is concerned about the citizen's welfare. The train's condition was so bad that I did not buy anything to eat from the train.

After the traveling from Kerala to Mumbai, I just do not buy anything from the train. When I was traveling from Kollam to Mumbai, there came one man selling coffee. I asked him to give me a glass of coffee and one could see that it was only hot water and coffee powder. The water was white in color. MY friend said to me that it was water with milk. I just do not know what it was. Since then I just do not buy except packed water from the train.

The Indian railway bring cores of rupees to government every year, but nothing is done for the betterment of the railway. Every year lots of promises by the railway minister. What happens in reality I do not know. I travel in the train every year, so far there I do not see any change in the food, water, cleanliness of the railway.

The train ticket checkers are also so rough and sometime inhuman in their dealing. I had to go to Vishakhapatnam. But my train ticket was from Eluru. So I tried to get a sleeper class ticket. I was not given one. So I took a general compartment ticket and came to TTR and told him about my condition. This stupid man said to me that it is RS 100 from vishakhaptanam to Eluru to travel in the sleeper class with a local compartment ticket. I said I was ready to pay, but he should give me bill for it. He did not talk anything. But when the train reached in Eluru, he came and yelled at me for Rs. 50, for he was not ready to give me bill for the money. Rs 50 goes to his pocket. I challenge all the TTRS of Indian railway, is there anyone who has not taken money illegally. I am 10000% sure that all have taken money and is a shame for the country. 150 years of glorious ( shameful) year of Indian railway.........

LET INDIAN RAILWAY LIVE LONGER. BUT...............................

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