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Lalu cuts passenger fares, freight rates

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Posted online: Tuesday , February 26, 2008 at 01:49:20
Updated: Tuesday , February 26, 2008 at 02:09:05


New Delhi, February 26: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced a cut of Rs 50 in passenger fares for express trains as he presented the annual budget for one of the world's largest networks on Tuesday.

He cut fares for all classes of travellers on the majority of India's trains as the network attempts to take on a string on new cut-price airlines.

Yadav also reduced rail freight rates for petrol and diesel by 5 per cent in moves which could help the government stem rising inflation and woo voters ahead of elections due by May 2009.

Much of the budget centered on modernising rail infrastructure, which needs a major overhaul to keep pace with a fast-growing economy.

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Complaint by Hanuman Prasad Sharma on 29 Feb 2008

To Date: - 11/01/2008D.R.M.Bikaner JoneRajasthan.Subject: - Complaint for Non Issuing of MST for Daily PassengersDear Sir,We would like to inform you that we are weakly passengers of New Delhi (NDLS) To Bawani Khera (BWN).here we want to know things in your knowledge, which we are facing during the journey and before journey.1)We are facing a lot of problem in issuing of MST .regarding issuing of MST station Master is not helping us properly ,we are doing job in Delhi for this we have to go for our job place very early in the morning before 8’o clock and we came back from our job late in the night after 9 PM,.therefore we have not much of time for making of MST in working days and when we goes on Sunday the concerned staff refuse us for making of MST by the excuse that today is Sunday and no MST is going to be issued on Sunday. This all has creates a big problem to us.There fore we request you to give instruction to your concerned staff for help us out in this matter. 2) The ticket window of Bawani Khera station has also never open on time which Cause a lot of problem to us. Due to this problem we missed our train most of the occasion and got late to our destinations.There fore we request you to instruct the station master of Bawani Khera for open the ticket window on proper time which will help us a lot.pls reply me in this mail id or phone. Thanking you.Yours faithfully(H.P.SHARMA)2897-99,Kishan MarketHauz qazi Delhi-6Mobile No.9312369497All Passengers of Bawani KheraCC To:- 1) Shri LalooPrasad Yadav (Rail Minister Govt. of India)2)D.R.M Delhi3)Station Master Bawani Khera

Well Done Laaloji by Pro System on 26 Feb 2008

Laaloji have done a very good job and no one have done ever before. At least He is one who a dare to reduce fare. Some thing is Batter than nothing.

Railway budget by Usman on 26 Feb 2008

Congratulation for your great task. Hope you will upgrade the same for Bihar.

Chak de Railways by Kartik on 26 Feb 2008

WOW! a dream railway budget is out. Hats of with high praises to Lalooji and cheers to UPA at large for this collective effort. I hope union budget also works the same way.Chak de Railways

Rail budget by Kumar Ashish Ranjan on 26 Feb 2008

yet another relief for comman man in rail should be a next PM of INDIA

Great Work by Syed on 26 Feb 2008

Good work, laluji. First you have brought profit to indian railways and now decrease in the fares. Its great. Keep up the good work.

Rly Budget by Shamim on 26 Feb 2008

Good job Lalooo.Should have done this Bihar. We are still going down down and down.

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