ONE MORE VALUABLE REFORM IN RAILWAYS :
Police to travel with tickets . No doubt police on duty taking prisoners to courts ,commuting for their work in Uniform is justifiable . But they have to produce valid ticket , Travel authority or season pass. Hitherto they were just showing their police identity or orally say police . Now a system is being evolved so that no one can pose as V.I.P. [the culture starts from the lowest cadres in some Departments].
We presume there will be many such to follow like,
*Limiting the Free passes and other travel benefits and to the Railway employees and Retirees # ,
*Full Coach / Saloon cars to General Manager or Railway Minister alone .
*Restrict the entourage with officials .
After all 70 years back there were 535 Princely states ruled by Kings , Princes. All the kingdom were annexed to Indian Union after Independence . In 1969, their Privy purses were stopped completely . They had to be like an Indian citizen to earn their own comforts.
But Railways had taken a little longer time to realize and bring the Babus down to earth. I hope these are the beginning . We , the law abiding citizen have our role also to play in this process.
# Many may remember that this facility is being extended to ex –Railway ministers also . It is not just for the minister or the spouse ,but to all the children and their spouses. This was a facility Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav fought for. more