•Tender or e-auction to use existing metro
coach manufacturers spread across the country to deliver suburban coaches for
usage in EMU services across the country in Broad gauge standards similar to
metro coaches. The current EMU coaches are outdated and lack facilities like
A/C, closing doors, proper display, announcement, suspension, more space for
standing and different seating arrangement.
•Railway must immediately introduce smart card system by appointing global partner like world bank, private parties cum consultant and existing metro companies in India to advise on bringing out a smart card that can be used across the Railway network for booking tickets, unreserved tickets, booking online, recharging online the card and use for ticket booking, use for hotel booking. The smart card must be used similar to metro stations to deny few people access to the stations also, currently the metro stations deny access to passengers without smart card in which money is there to automatically debit or coins to put inside the e-gate. You can continue with printing bar code in tickets till people fully move to digital form of tickets. Ticketless travel in UP, Maharashtra, Bihar, Kolkata is a huge mess and Govt needs to take up seriously. The smart card must be made available as much cheaper cost as possible for those who recharge first time above Rs.100 must be given free and those who want the card alone can take at Rs.20. Make sure a global agency is appointed to help avoid cheating or coding of the card in future so global agencies will guide Railways on how to choose a card which will work over several years and for a large population and huge crowd in India with suitably designed efficient card. The card can be used to recharge at counters or online in irctc only. The card must be allowed to make any purchase in any of the shops in the railway stations premises and for parking and any activities in Railway premises by creating integrated system. Buying of tickets online in IRCTC must also allow usage of this card for purchase of tickets for those who don’t know to use debit card and can recharge this card and in turn use to buy tickets with help of tech savvy people. Smart card can consider having chip based card for higher security for those who travel very frequently and can carry lot of cash in that cards similar to RBI rules on chip based debit cards for others for cheapness of smart card initially give at Rs.20 and for those who recharge Rs.100 they can get free. To promote make offers regularly on discounts on ticket booking on all classes for usage of this smart card if you don’t give any offers the sale and usage of cards wont increase. Even small malls or shopping outlets give cards but Railways doesn’t have separate card. Currently railways has partnered with banks for cards but that is of no revenue to Railways. But if this card is there people will load the card and railways can deploy this funds for usage and if anyone asks for refund in the card at least Rs.20 should be held back for card manufacturing cost and then only refunded. Don’t so no refunds as more cards will get deployed unwantedly and returned cards can be put to other use and returned cards will indicate the pressure on railways to constantly improve features and rectify errors regularly.
•Ticketless travel in suburban systems across the country in Mumbai, Chennai must be immediately implemented. No access to Railway stations platform must be given without a ticket. Even platform tickets must be banned unless the person accompanies is senior citizen or injured or needs help with oral justification. Platform tickets must also be printed in bar code or QR code. Using smart cards at the e-gates will help a long way in reducing ticketless travel. The ticket less travel prevention measures of installing e-gates must be setup in all suburban stations, top 3 stops under each DRM in one year as major crowd goes this way. Total spending of 25 crores this year will reduce ticketless travel in big way. Bar code in all express train tickets in 1 year.
•Railways need to start a small medical clinic with pharmacy in all major railway stations as public welfare measure by appointing private doctors on contract basis. A small space can be allocated in all railway stations for 18 hrs work hours with 3 shifts for doctors. Some key stations can have 24 hrs that is all DRM heads locations will have 24 hrs operations other will have 18 hrs operations were express trains stop especially. The pharmacy must also be there. Nominal charges can be told by doctor to collect and Railways will pay doctors the salary for the work timings. Railways using their own doctors and private in contract will help serve public in a big way. Railways has doctors in separate hospitals but at stations will make a big revolution it has not been done by any Minister till now.
•Completion of Chengalpattu – Arakkonam line with Electrification so that circular suburban train can be run as lot of working people needs this facility
•Railway must immediately introduce smart card system by appointing global partner like world bank, private parties cum consultant and existing metro companies in India to advise on bringing out a smart card that can be used across the Railway network for booking tickets, unreserved tickets, booking online, recharging online the card and use for ticket booking, use for hotel booking. The smart card must be used similar to metro stations to deny few people access to the stations also, currently the metro stations deny access to passengers without smart card in which money is there to automatically debit or coins to put inside the e-gate. You can continue with printing bar code in tickets till people fully move to digital form of tickets. Ticketless travel in UP, Maharashtra, Bihar, Kolkata is a huge mess and Govt needs to take up seriously. The smart card must be made available as much cheaper cost as possible for those who recharge first time above Rs.100 must be given free and those who want the card alone can take at Rs.20. Make sure a global agency is appointed to help avoid cheating or coding of the card in future so global agencies will guide Railways on how to choose a card which will work over several years and for a large population and huge crowd in India with suitably designed efficient card. The card can be used to recharge at counters or online in irctc only. The card must be allowed to make any purchase in any of the shops in the railway stations premises and for parking and any activities in Railway premises by creating integrated system. Buying of tickets online in IRCTC must also allow usage of this card for purchase of tickets for those who don’t know to use debit card and can recharge this card and in turn use to buy tickets with help of tech savvy people. Smart card can consider having chip based card for higher security for those who travel very frequently and can carry lot of cash in that cards similar to RBI rules on chip based debit cards for others for cheapness of smart card initially give at Rs.20 and for those who recharge Rs.100 they can get free. To promote make offers regularly on discounts on ticket booking on all classes for usage of this smart card if you don’t give any offers the sale and usage of cards wont increase. Even small malls or shopping outlets give cards but Railways doesn’t have separate card. Currently railways has partnered with banks for cards but that is of no revenue to Railways. But if this card is there people will load the card and railways can deploy this funds for usage and if anyone asks for refund in the card at least Rs.20 should be held back for card manufacturing cost and then only refunded. Don’t so no refunds as more cards will get deployed unwantedly and returned cards can be put to other use and returned cards will indicate the pressure on railways to constantly improve features and rectify errors regularly.
•Ticketless travel in suburban systems across the country in Mumbai, Chennai must be immediately implemented. No access to Railway stations platform must be given without a ticket. Even platform tickets must be banned unless the person accompanies is senior citizen or injured or needs help with oral justification. Platform tickets must also be printed in bar code or QR code. Using smart cards at the e-gates will help a long way in reducing ticketless travel. The ticket less travel prevention measures of installing e-gates must be setup in all suburban stations, top 3 stops under each DRM in one year as major crowd goes this way. Total spending of 25 crores this year will reduce ticketless travel in big way. Bar code in all express train tickets in 1 year.
•Railways need to start a small medical clinic with pharmacy in all major railway stations as public welfare measure by appointing private doctors on contract basis. A small space can be allocated in all railway stations for 18 hrs work hours with 3 shifts for doctors. Some key stations can have 24 hrs that is all DRM heads locations will have 24 hrs operations other will have 18 hrs operations were express trains stop especially. The pharmacy must also be there. Nominal charges can be told by doctor to collect and Railways will pay doctors the salary for the work timings. Railways using their own doctors and private in contract will help serve public in a big way. Railways has doctors in separate hospitals but at stations will make a big revolution it has not been done by any Minister till now.
•Completion of Chengalpattu – Arakkonam line with Electrification so that circular suburban train can be run as lot of working people needs this facility
No comments:
Post a Comment