23 Jun 2008

train journeys

middle India 1000hrs


Thane creek, entering Mumbai 1600hrs


Delhi Mumbai Rajdhani

thanks to the gujjar agitation in Rajsthan our train took a detour
we got a Bharat darshan
after Mathura the train came via Agra, Indore & finally backtracked to Baroda
the train reached Mumbai Central 8 hours late!

The 17days of agitation the last count i read was
INS15Crore losses to the Indian Railways (as on 9th June 08)
51 passenger trains cancelled
damage to property

holding the country to ransom and for...
getting a retrograde reservation status !!


for eg. they served us lunch on board just that cost them atleast 15,000 bucks !!!
plain dal chawal

1 Comments:

Blogger tan 0 said...

the monsoon hit early this year and the gujjars are a farming community.
they were sitting out at Kota - dharna, rail rokko, etc.
so they also missed out on the benefits of rain on their land

10:30 pm  

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