Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today alleged that railway minister Mamata Banerjee was "busy somewhere else forgetting" about the genuine needs of the his state.
I love my state and did nothing wrong by sanctioning projects for Bengal. My state was deprived for long, but I have been fair to all states,” said railway minister and Trinamool chief Mamataa Banerjee to a television channel on Friday just after her speech in Parliament.
Announcing the highest ever investment by Indian Railways in a year, Mamataa Banerjee declared Rs57,630 crore plan outlay for the financial year 2011-12 and has targeted a gross traffic receipt of Rs1,06,239 crore as against Rs. 94,840 crore for the financial year 2010-11.
Mamtaa Banerjee’s budget has given Maharashtra enough reasons to cheer this year. She has introduced new lines and a host of new trains to improve connecting within and outside state, approved a gas plant and a pre-feasibility study for the western leg (Delhi-Mumbai) of the Golden Rail Corridor, which is expected to start early next year.
The Railway Budget 2011-12 was a mixed bag; it gave the state many reasons to cheer, but had nothing much on its platter for city’s seven million harried commuters.
I love my state and did nothing wrong by sanctioning projects for Bengal. My state was deprived for long, but I have been fair to all states,” said railway minister and Trinamool chief Mamataa Banerjee to a television channel on Friday just after her speech in Parliament.
Railway Minister Mamataa Banerjee on Friday sounded optimistic about the much-talked dedicated freight corridors (DFC) project. “We want to complete the DFC project by December 2016 as planned,” Banerjee said.
Railway minister Mamataa Banerjee acknowledged that no headway had been made on plans to construct world-class railway stations, but was not short on promises to improve passenger amenities.
Railway-linked stocks witnessed a steep fall of 14% after the announcement of the railway budget on Friday. The budget failed to lift sentiments, as concerns over land acquisition and financial challenges plaguing power plants and wagon projects persisted.
Railway minister Mamataa Banerjee on Friday announced three express and two duronto (non-stop) trains for Tamil Nadu and extended the length that some current trains cover, apart from nine new suburban services for the Chennai city train service.
In its effort to facilitate the speedy completion of the Jammu and Kashmir rail link project, the Railways have finalised a proposal to set up a bridge factory in the state.
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik said on Friday that the allocation in the Railway Budget for ongoing railway projects in the state was grossly inadequate and completely fell short of the state’s legitimate demand.
Union railways minister Mamataa Banerjee today announced a nearly 40% hike in the financial allocation for Indian Railways as she unveiled a "common people's" budget that kept passenger and freight fares unchanged.
She jousted and shouted, cajoled and smiled, broke into heavily accented Urdu and Hindi and even recited poetry. It was the quintessential Mamataa Banerjee today as she read out the railway budget with liberal doses of histrionics that had her audience at the Lok Sabha alternately infuriated and amused.
BJP today dubbed the Railway Budget presented by railway minister Mamataa Banerjee as an "election manifesto" for West Bengal Assembly polls which has "ignored" the rest of the country.