{"id":1286,"date":"2019-10-31T08:56:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T03:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2019-10-31T08:56:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T03:26:07","slug":"if-everything-done-by-irctc-then-what-to-do-by-the-railway-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=1286","title":{"rendered":"If everything done by IRCTC, then what to do by the Railway Board?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why should not be dismental the Board and 50% officers sent to home!<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Railways to convert 200 saloons into 10 tourist trains to be run by IRCTC<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Order issued by Secretary, Railway Board, S. K. Mishra,<\/strong> that after approval of the competent authority (CRB), Railway Board has decided to convert 200 saloons into 10 luxury tourist trains to be run by the IRCTC in a bid to regulate the use of the colonial era-style carriages and generate additional revenue for the national transporter<\/span><\/p>\n

Conceived initially as inspection cars to be exclusively used by railway officials to visit far flung areas, these saloons comprise of two bedrooms, a lounge, a pantry, a toilet and a kitchen which are built to facilitate stay for up to five days.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile a designated number of saloons will be kept for use of railway officials for inspection, 200 of them will be turned over to IRCTC and will be operated as tourist trains. Upon conversion, around 10 such trains can be put into service for public use,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, amid concerns over misuse of these saloons by officials, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had given up the use of his own personal ones, calling them \u201ctrappings of a colonial mindset\u201d. He had also urged zones to give up saloons for public use.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Railway Board has prepared a set of instructions for its zones to \u201cstrictly regulate\u201d the number and use of such saloons.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also said that these should be used primarily for inspection purposes with focus on safety.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides, the saloons and observation car for zonal general managers, each zone will have two additional carriages for inspection purposes only.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each railway division will have a self-propelled inspection car with windows at both ends.<\/span><\/p>\n

As per the instructions, the remaining should be used for \u201cpremium tourist traffic\u201d to earn \u201cadditional revenue\u201d for the railways.<\/span><\/p>\n

Railways has a total of 336 saloon (RA) across railway zones, among which many have already been condemned. Around 62 are air-conditioned.<\/span><\/p>\n

IRCTC ran the first privately-occupied saloon coach, complete with air-conditioned rooms, valet service and attached bathroom in March last year. The cost of chartering the saloon was around Rs 2 lakh.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once routes are finalised, the details will be made available on the IRCTC website for bookings of these saloons, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n

But some angry officials said, \u2018if each and everything done by the IRCTC, then what will do by the Railway Board and all the Zonal Railways and Divisional Head Quarters?\u2019 Why should not be dismental the Board and about 50% officers should be sent to home? They said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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