For a system so extensive and so crucial to Indians, the Indian Railways has a lot of catching up to doThe most striking feature of the Indian Railways is that no country operates such a massive system with so much technological backwardness. However in the Indian Railways, mechanization is a move that always brings in resistance from all corners particularly unions and political class. Railway minister after Railway minister has nurtured his political landscape by using the railways as a endless job-giver. So we have a railway network that proudly claims it is among the largest employers in the world but at the same time the strength in numbers does not translate into efficiency. The author is a former member (Engineering) of the Indian Railway.

Source: dna November 23, 2016 02:48 UTC