Re: [HumJanenge] Murders on trains: Will Railway Minister Ms. Mamta Banerjee ever listen?

I am a frequent traveler by train. I use to reserve ticket well in advance. But the TTEs  use to collect money from the passengers ranging from Rs200 to Rs 500 and allow them to occupy the place near the door and in between seats. The TTEs after collecting their share rush to A/c sleeper to chat with other friends. some time there are vacant berths in A/c but the TTEs never allot that in between stations. You can see this in Kerala Mangalore Bangalore and kovai express --- On Thu, 14/4/11, Victor Cooper <victor99cooper@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Victor Cooper <victor99cooper@yahoo.com> Subject: [HumJanenge] Murders on trains: Will Railway Minister Ms. Mamta Banerjee ever listen? To: "Supreme Court" <supremecourt@nic.in>, "Sonia Gandhi" <soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in>, "Jairam" <jairam54@gmail.com>, "Finance Minister" <fm@finance.nic.in>, "Veerappa Moily" <vmoily@kar.nic.in>, "PM" <pmindia@pmindia.nic.in>, "Kapil Sibal" <kapilsibal@hotmail.com>, "Manmohan Singh" <manmohan@sansad.nic.in> Cc: "acb" <acb_india@yahoogroups.com>, "LK Advani" <advanilk@sansad.nic.in>, "Asian Age" <editor@asianage.com>, "Goa Bachao" <goabachaoabhiyan@gmail.com>, "World Bank" <enora@worldbank.org>, "Common Cause" <commoncauseindia@gmail.com>, "PD Cruz" <pdcruz@worldbank.org>, "CVC" <cvc@nic.in>, "eGovINDIA" <eGovINDIA@yahoogroups.com>, "Frontline" <frontline@thehindu.co.in>, "GOACAN" <goacan@gmail.com>, "goarti" <goarti@yahoogroups.com>, "Gurumurthy" <comment@gurumurthy.net>, "Herald" <mail@herald-goa.com>, "Humjanenge" <humjanenge@googlegroups.com>, "IHRO" <IHRO@yahoogroups.com>, "Transparency India" <tiindia.newdelhi@gmail.com>, "Times of India" <toi.goa@timesgroup.com>, "Presm Jha" <premjha@airtelmail.in>, "Karmayog" <infor@karmayog.org>, "Kill Corruption" <killcorruption@hotmail.com>, "Jago Party" <jagoparty@jago.in>, "rti4" <rti4ngo@yahoogroups.com>, "Business Standard" <niraj.bhatt@bsmail.in>, "Tehelka" <editor@tehelka.com>, "Navhind Times" <lpost@navhindtimes.com>, "Gomantak Times" <gteditor@gmail.com>, "voiceofindia" <voiceofindiagroup@yahoogroups.com>, "Voicesforfreedom" <voicesforfreedom@voicesforfreedom.org>, "Janshakti yahoogroups" <Janshakti@yahoogroups.com>, "Humanrightsactivist Yahoogroups" <humanrightsactivist@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thursday, 14 April, 2011, 3:36 PM In recent years, there have been a number of rage / theft / goon related rapes and killings on trains. For someone who travels long distances to various parts of the country several times a year, I notice a sharp decline in the quality of rail services:  long-distance trains have virtually become commuter trains, with a merry go round of short-distance passengers getting on and off.  As a result, the reserved compartments are over crowded to the extent that entrance and exit doors are blocked with luggage and sundry ticket-less persons, beggars, lepers, goons, and so on.  TCs are often hand in glove with these elements and take the famous Indian bakshish from such elements. Apart from causing friction and frayed tempers, such situiations result in fights, rapes, murders and thefts. One hope Ms. Mamta Banerjee listens and revises her version of what "Aam Admi" should mean. Victor