Union Minister of Mines, Steel, labour and Employment and Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Narendra Singh Tomar reacting over the Union Railway Budget said it is budget for more rail facilities that symbolises farsightedness and solid intentions.
Tomar said that it is an innovative effort for passenger safety, increase in the productivity and modernisation of railway. lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda the senior BJP leader said that this Railway Budget has also provided future trust that no hike would be made in the fares in near future. But the rail projects would move ahead and providing more and more facilities would be the priority of the Government, he added.
He said that the development of the railways was hampered during the last ten years by considering it as family property. Erstwhile railway ministers though increased the trips but as strengthening and completing railway projects was not in their priority lists so compromise was made with passenger safety and development.
He said the ambitious development scheme included in this Railway Budget has tried to include all aspects in it including speed of trains, security and passenger safety. Senior citizens would get facilities; pilgrims would get comfortable trains besides women would get more security on the trains. To increase women participation in passenger security and railway property security provisions ofo recruiting 4000 women in railway protection force have been made, he added.The Union minister said that the new government of the centre has taken this budget as an opportunity to increase employment opportunities.