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This is a brake fail Railway Budget: TMC

| | Feb 26, 2015, at 10:38 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) The opposition Trinamool Congress, whose top leaders in the past held Railway portfolios, on Thursday called the Railway Budget 2015-16 presented by Suresh Prabhu a brake fail budget witha casual approach.

"This is a brake-fail Budget. This is a clerical and casual approach at a Budget," said the TMC.

"Parliament, which is a stake holder in Railways, was not taken into confidence before making announcements on projects.
The Government hiked passenger fares by 25% few months back. Although Diesel prices are down, fares have not been decreased," said the TMC.

"Freight rates have increased. This will have an effect on prices of essential commodities and in turn affect housewives and farmers.
Swachh Bharat cannot be achieved with only a broom. Ideas should also be there. Safety, anti-collision devices are all old ideas," it said.

"We looked at nitty-gritty of the Budget. Projects worth hundreds of crores stuck in Bengal but allocation is less than 1%. There is no mention of Metro Railway projects in the Annexure of the  Rail Budget 2015," it said.

"Bengal is already deprived. Now extra burden has been imposed on the State through State-Centre Joint Ventures. We will protest against Rail Budget 2015," said the TMC.

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