Yes Railway shouldn't be privatized. Everything has a context and unless we understand that, it will be a futile exercise for me to put my views forward. I am saying in India's context.
So what exactly is India's context. We are a country which is diverse not only in culture but much much diverse economically. We can easily find people for whom crores doesn't matter and also we can find people for whom even 1 rupee matters. Now you will think what has all this to do with Railways?? it has... read on..
Tell me, when you are around airport, what do you see? All good good things, great facility, everything organized. People in good clothes and so on. Do you see any poor or very poor or very very poor people around?? no you won't.. now you will say why should they be there at all. Ok I take your point. So poor people can't be on airport simple because they can't even THINK of buying ticket, leave alone buying.
Poor people can't travel by plane simply because they dont have money. Its not that only you have special need to travel throughout the country or world. Need may be for them too, but slightly different than ours. But we can't rule out the need to travel.
how will a poor travel if he has urgent need to travel for treatment in some big cities? I know he wont get a better treatment, but he too should have hope of reaching that govt hospital for a miracle to save his or his dear ones life.
I have seen people traveling by rails for this purpose, many without tickets. Now please don't make this sensitive thing light by saying they dont buy tickets because of habit. My dear friend, we have lots and lots of people in our country who can't, yes can't buy ticket. Railways come to their rescue and they are able to reach their destination of course they travel fully cramped, but atleast they reach their destination. TTE don't put them behind jails because for genuine cases they do show some mercy many times.
But will this be possible if railways are privatized?? No the day railway are privatized, it will start turning like airport and only those who can afford will be seen around. Yes for us it will make our journey more comfortable but the very thought of people unable to reach destination because of poverty shakes me. You assure this and I have no objection to railways being privatized. Can't we enact a law which will reserve for those who can't afford? well we have lots of laws from poor children to be admitted in schools, to free beds being reserved in private big hospitals, but all these are seldom adhered to. And I am sure we will repeat the same in railways. Why are we like that, its because we are never trained that way, neither in our family, nor in schools, nor in society.
Railways is one way for the very very poor people to atleast reach their destination in times of crisis, which won't be there if its privatized.
There are some more reasons why railways shouldn't be privatized, but I have brought this one in front.
So what exactly is India's context. We are a country which is diverse not only in culture but much much diverse economically. We can easily find people for whom crores doesn't matter and also we can find people for whom even 1 rupee matters. Now you will think what has all this to do with Railways?? it has... read on..
Tell me, when you are around airport, what do you see? All good good things, great facility, everything organized. People in good clothes and so on. Do you see any poor or very poor or very very poor people around?? no you won't.. now you will say why should they be there at all. Ok I take your point. So poor people can't be on airport simple because they can't even THINK of buying ticket, leave alone buying.
Poor people can't travel by plane simply because they dont have money. Its not that only you have special need to travel throughout the country or world. Need may be for them too, but slightly different than ours. But we can't rule out the need to travel.
how will a poor travel if he has urgent need to travel for treatment in some big cities? I know he wont get a better treatment, but he too should have hope of reaching that govt hospital for a miracle to save his or his dear ones life.
I have seen people traveling by rails for this purpose, many without tickets. Now please don't make this sensitive thing light by saying they dont buy tickets because of habit. My dear friend, we have lots and lots of people in our country who can't, yes can't buy ticket. Railways come to their rescue and they are able to reach their destination of course they travel fully cramped, but atleast they reach their destination. TTE don't put them behind jails because for genuine cases they do show some mercy many times.
But will this be possible if railways are privatized?? No the day railway are privatized, it will start turning like airport and only those who can afford will be seen around. Yes for us it will make our journey more comfortable but the very thought of people unable to reach destination because of poverty shakes me. You assure this and I have no objection to railways being privatized. Can't we enact a law which will reserve for those who can't afford? well we have lots of laws from poor children to be admitted in schools, to free beds being reserved in private big hospitals, but all these are seldom adhered to. And I am sure we will repeat the same in railways. Why are we like that, its because we are never trained that way, neither in our family, nor in schools, nor in society.
Railways is one way for the very very poor people to atleast reach their destination in times of crisis, which won't be there if its privatized.
There are some more reasons why railways shouldn't be privatized, but I have brought this one in front.
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