Indian Railways- Sanity

Indian Railways – Sanity

Yesterday, I have seen a video of 74001/74002 on Facebook. No toilets, no windows, till Rewari from Delhi. A passenger train which doesn’t have toilets. None to clean, none to sweep! They even complain that they get hit by stones in the route. No first-aid, no RPF, to help. Especially, during winters, nights the children will fall sick-ill, but the Railways won’t provide windows.

In December 2018, from Khatmandu to Raxaul, I have travelled with my parents and went to Raxaul Bus Stop where there was no particular ‘Bus Stop’ at all. And Mr. Modi want to run BULLET trains.

There is a train from Jodhpur to Howrah, which is scheduled at 8:30 pm but will start at 11:30 pm every night in Jodhpur. In the cities like Hyderabad, there are many local stations because of MMTS facility but there are no toilets available. I am a ‘Male’, a Man and I can piss/pee/urinate anywhere. Still, I search for shopping malls and other major complexes to pee/piss/urinate/excrete – because I want to feel pleasure urinating.

URINATING AND EXCRETING
I am 26 years old Male. I have seen quarter of my life and been through many dramas, tensions, worries, pressures; among these – I feel relaxed (most) while sleeping and in restrooms. Coincidentally, I get the best ideas there. While I am on the way to home from office, in cities, I choose PVR, INOX, Malls, just to relax myself and get pleasure through tiresome journeys.

“Here we are speaking about long journeys in ‘so called’ Indian Railways and are waiting for our bladders to get burst!”, is what the passengers shout.

Trains run 24x7 & x365. The Indian Railway network which is the largest and has lot of income and pays highest salaries, having forces of RPF can never clean the trains. I travel in 3AC, 2AC and am afraid toget the seats/births near toilets. I am sure that I won’t die, but I cannot suffer throughout the journey.

After the loss or the complaints of stolen/stealing of bedsheets, the railways probably/might have stopped providing napkins in AC coaches because I did not get/receive one in January.

Speaking about the costly food with 50NP pickle- I am dumb/mute. I literally wait for Puri-Biryani or Bread Omlet or whatever comes at Railway Stations rather that opting or giving order in trains. It was before 2005, I used to enjoy the food but now- NO.

Sanity does not only mean the clean births, the big names on the Railway Stations, “changing names of cities” or having permitted Restaurants and OYO hotels nearby Railway Stations. The food, the bed, the water, the toilets, these basic needs and amenities should at least be clean. But, Mr. Modi is only concentrating on BULLET.

In AC coaches, I appreciate the staff coming and collecting garbage but in other sleeper coaches the beggars and the disabled individuals clean the bogies/compartments and get their stomachs filled. “Hijaras” earn, vendors, earn, especially I appreciate lady/female vendors who sell fruits and samosas 9 I respect) but not those fools sitting in the AC rooms discussing their salaries and benefits and the (PAY COMMISSION). Hope this BULLET provokes Railways and staff.