KOLKATA METRO RAIL BECOMES HORRIBLE FOR JOURNEY

Now-a-days the Metro trip has become a nightmarish ride. The commuters have to brave the ordeal of abusive words and accusing eyes in overcrowded trains. Horrible experience of jostling and elbowing is invariably associated with the journey. At peaks hours it is really difficult to board the Metro. Most of the time the coaches burst at their seams. The sliding doors refuse to close as a result of heavy rush. Late running of trains has become a routine affair. Besides, the commuters are inconvienced by the naming of the stations between Tollygunge and Garia.

There is no denying the fact that before extension it was no so.

Names are associated with the history of the place. Stations on the old Metro stretch have names of places like ‘Dum Dum’, ‘Belgachia, ‘Sovabazar’ and so on. When one asks for a ticket for any of these places it sounds very correct and normal. There are only four stations on this stretch named after great persons like “Jatin Das Park”, “Girish Park”, “Rabindra Sadan” and “Netaji Bhavan”. But it would sound somewhat odd and ridiculous if the words “Park”, ‘Sadan’ or ‘Bhavan’ were not there. The names of places would have been more helpful.

Renaming railway stations in remembrance of celebrities and martyrs for petty political gain is a matter of shame and disgrace. When at the ticket counters commuters shout “Give me three Nazrul” or “Please one Masterda” or “I want two Uttam Kumar” does it glorify those great men? Do those not sound ludicrous?

Mamata Banerjee in an official-turned-party function attended by the Governor of West Bengal, her party supporters and some sycophant “so-called” intellectuals singing, dancing and performing tricks and feats of jugglery to her tune inaugurated the joint venture project on 22nd August, 2009 in an abnormal haste without inviting the state government in order to earn narrow political mileage without considering the safety, security and convenience of the commuters. She named the metro stations without consulting the state government out of insular political considerations.

Metro is a national property. But she thinks the Indian Railways and the Metro to be her personal property. Her action is nothing but insult and humiliation of the great persons. She has practically been successful in reducing them to a laughing stock. Will the people of the state ever forgive her for this sort of whims and caprices translated into reality at the cost of the nation?

MAMATA BANERJEE SHAMELESSLY ADVISES CPI (M) ON RAILWAY BLOCKADE

On 18-09-2009, while flagging off Sealdah-New Delhi Durant Express in the presence of few sycophant spineless greedy intellectuals performing tricks and feats of jugglery and dancing shamelessly to her tunes in an official railway function turned political platform of TMC, Miss Mamata Banerjee called upon the CPI (M) to refrain from engaging in blockade of railway tracks in the larger interest of the development of state. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DEVIL WORSHIPPING GOD. The whole country witnessed it is the same Mamata Banerjee and her goons who on the slightest pretext have destroyed time and again the valuable property inside the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, burnt trains, buses, mini buses, trams, cars, trucks, two wheelers, government offices and so on worth crores and crores of rupees. She had obstructed railways tracks and National Highways for days together during Singur and Nandigram agitations including Durgapur Highway Express for 17 days causing serious inconvenience to all. Even, she did not pay any kind of heed to the directions of the Hon’ble High Court of Kolkata. It is she who forcibly did not allow coming up of much-awaited Chemical Hub at Nandigram, Tata’s Nano Factory at Singur, expansion of National Highways, construction of Hospitals, I.T. Parks, Bridges, Aerodromes, Industries, Thermal Power Plants, etc. in West Bengal. Now she advises about industrialization, blockade of railway tracks, public inconvenience and development of the state.

She thinks that the people of the country are stupid and foolish. They will believe her words like those of the Ramayana, the Quran and the Bible as Hitler in Germany had assumed. She has not yet realized that her sheer dishonesty, duplicity, political gimmick and fraudulence for election gains stand exposed.

Now, the pertinent question is that how long such type of arrogant and irresponsible leader will be tolerated in public life and allowed in holding the country to ransom.

MAMATA BANERJEE MISUSES INDIAN RAILWAYS

There is no denying the fact that Mamata Banerjee has taken oath as the Union Railway Minister to serve the entire nation. But unfortunately her modus operandi does not fall on the lines with this pledge. In fact, instead of ensuring effective delivery of public service as advised by the President of India and being responsive to the needs, facilities, amenities and problems of the people & the railway passengers of the whole country irrespective of state, she has transformed the Indian Railways into a tool to serve her own political agenda in West Bengal. She prefers to be staying at Kolkata most of the days keeping herself engaged in the drama of inaugurating daily new trains and laying foundation stones than being at the Railway Bhavan in New Delhi performing her constitutionally assigned duty of serving the entire nation. It is not known whether these new trains and projects have the prior approval and budgetary support of the Railway Ministry or the Central Government. This pertinent question is raised widely because the past experience of the people is not good and encouraging. As the then Coal Minister and the then Railway Minister she had laid foundation stones of a number of costly projects with widespread publicity proving later to be without approval and without budgetary supports of the Union Government. All the official functions organized by the Indian Railways at the expense of the tax payers are utilized as her political platforms for mudslinging and vituperation against the CPI (M) and the Left Front Government. In order to satisfy her whims and insular ideology, none is invited to the functions excepting her sycophants, political supporters with party flags and festoons and few ‘so-called’ intellectuals drumming, singing, dancing and performing tricks and feats of jugglery to her tunes. The state government is shockingly set aside in gross violation of the federal fabric of the country. Besides, the entire Railway Ministry remains transferred to Kolkata. The railway officers are being reduced to a football kicked from one post to another. As a matter of fact, she has sullied the name of the Indian Railways beyond redemption and has undoubtedly succeeded in reducing it to a laughing stock. It is better to call the Indian Railways the “Mamata Railways” or the “Trinamool Railways”.

TAKE ACTION AGAINST MAMATA BANERJEE AND HER SIX CENTRAL MINISTERS FOR ACTIVELY HAND IN GLOVES WITH MAOISTS

In a three day conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police of the State Governments organized by Intelligence Bureau in New Delhi on and from 14-09-2009, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister, had described Maoists as the gravest threat to the internal security of the nation. Shri P. Chidambaram, Home Minister, had informed the conclave that the Maoists had presence in 17 states and were responsible for 90% of the violence in the country. He had also said that 721 people were killed in 1,591 Maoists attacks in 2008 and till August this year, 1,405 attacks claimed 580 lives spread over 11 states. Both Dr. Singh and P. Chidambaram had some harsh words for the states for their poor handling of Maoist and insurgency problems and advised them to take necessary drastic steps against Left Wing extremism and other anti-national terrorist outfits in the larger interest of the nation.

In this connection, it would not be out of place to mention that it is as clear as crystal to the whole world that the Railway Minister and her six Central Ministers belonging to TMC are actively hand in gloves with Maoists in West Bengal. They not only support the terrorist outfit openly without any hesitation but also have regular meetings with them and provide Maoists with arms & ammunition, fund and manpower. Maoists, being the hired killers of TMC, have been perpetrating one after another gruesome crimes sending a chill down the spine of every reasonable right thinking citizen of the country. Their one and sole objective is to change the loyalty of the people from CPI (M) to Mamata Banerjee and install her as the next Chief Minister of Bengal. So far she has not uttered even a single word condemning the brutalities of Maoists in Lalgarh, Nandigram, Singur and other places. On the other hand, she has again and again tried to shield and shelter them denying their involvement in the ghastly murder of tribals and people from other weaker sections of the society. She does not stop here only. She has also gone to the far of denying their presence in those areas. In fact, the workers of TMC, Congress and SUCI have got intermingled with Maoists. Until now not even a single TMC or Congress or SUCI worker has been killed by Maoist butchers. Apart from this, Maoist and Naxalite leaders such as Purnendu Bose and others are seen openly on her political platforms as well as official railway functions. Mamata Banerjee and her Ministers & leaders have easy and safe access to Maoist infested zones. It is an open secret that the Maoist leader Chatradhar Mahato is a well known TMC leader of Lalgarh. The public statements made by Maoist leaders Kishenji and Bikash substantiate beyond doubt that Mamata Banerjee and Maoists are one and same.

So, to be fair in all respect, instead of playing duplicity on the nation in the form of giving advice to the state governments, it will be better on the part of both Dr. Manmohan Singh and Shri P. Chidambaram to take immediate necessary steps against Mamata Banerjee and the six Central Ministers for hobnobbing with and misusing desperately terrorist outfits and antinational forces for petty and narrow political gains.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

DURANTA EXPRESS FROM HOWRAH & SEALDAH TO NORTH INDIA IS IN DANGER

As a result of unscientific, slaughtering, indiscriminate and illegal coal mining operation carried out for more than 200 years by both private and Coal India Ltd. a vast stretch of land falling within Raniganj Coalfields in W. Bengal and Jharia Coalfields in Jharkhand have become unsafe and risky. Occurrence of subsidence, gas, fire etc. under and near railways tracks have become a regular feature. In 1997 itself DGMS, Dhanbad had declared 171 locations dangerous & unsafe. By now the list has become lengthier. The railway tracks running to North India from Howrah & Sealdah Railway Stations stand on these dangerous zones of the two coalfields. In order to earn narrow political mileage adamant Railway Minister wants to introduce “DURANT EXPRESS” from Howrah & Sealdah to New Delhi without considering minimum safety aspect of innocent passengers. Will railway tracks standing on land vulnerable to subsidence and landslide will be able to withstand the bullet speed of “DURANT EXPRESS’?

HUNDRED DAYS OF INDIAN RAILWAYS UNDER MAMATA BANERJEE

 Mamata Banerjee has very successfully and efficiently been able to convert the Indian Railways into personal property of her and her party.

 Her party flags remain hoisted and unfurled everywhere inside, outside and at the top of most of the railway stations in West Bengal.

 Even on 15th August, 2009 instead of National Flag, her party flags were hoisted at the top of the administrative buildings of Bandel and Kadambgachi Railway Stations in West Bengal.

 Besides, she hoisted the National Flag at midnight of 14th August, 2009 in gross violation of the relevant provisions of the concerned acts and laws.

 Most of the Railway Stations have been turned into her party office. These are controlled by her party men. Her supporters travel in trains without tickets under the impression that it is their private property and fundamental right.

 The official functions of the Indian Railways have been used as a platform to preach and propagate her ideas and politics and promote her party interests.

 In every official function of the Indian Railways, few perverted greedy sycophant ‘so-called intellectuals’, people having loyalty to her only, her party hooligans and party leaders are allowed to remain present all along. She remains surrounded by Naxalite and Maoist leaders, who manage and control the entire function. The railway officials are mere onlookers.

 Having been ailed by the wailings of private enterprises due to ongoing global economic recession she has started pursuing with added zeal steadfast privatization of the Indian Railways under the guise of Public Private Partnership (PPP)

 She has already taken a decision to hand over 1, 22,000 acres of unused surplus land of the Indian Railways to commercial entrepreneurs as bonanza for construction of Luxurious 5 Star Hotels, Shopping Malls, Restaurants, Real Estates, Resorts, etc. through Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects in spite of knowing fully the fact that most of these lands are agricultural and acquired by the respective state governments for a particular purpose of expansion of Indian Railways only. Hence, in terms of relevant provisions the concerned acts these lands cannot be used for any purpose, whatsoever, other than the particular purpose for which they have been acquired under Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

 Life long AC Free Railway Passes have been distributed gratuitously and charitably amongst some listed perverted, bankrupt, spineless and greedy ‘so-called’ intellectuals loyal to her and amongst her sycophants.

 These blind anti-Communist, anti-Leftist, anti-working-class and anti-toiling masses ‘so-called’ intellectuals hankering after National Awards, money and special privileges for themselves and their near-ones are accommodated berths on Railway Committees especially set up for the purpose at huge public expenses.

 Without consulting the State Government or taking the approval of the Statutory Committee of the Indian Railways she has named railways stations unilaterally and whimsically.

 Instead of maintaining austerity, huge public money of the Indian Railways is spent extravagantly on her publicity and in every function of the Indian Railways attended by her.

 In the name of saving “agricultural land” and ‘environment’ she with the help of Maoists, Naxalites, SUCI, land Sharks, Land Brokers, Land Mafias, real estate promoters, hardened criminals, industrial competitors, few perverted, dishonest, self-centered, sycophant, spineless, greedy anti-Communist, anti-Leftist, anti-toiling masses ‘so-called’ intellectuals, did not allow forcibly coming up of much-awaited Chemical Hub at Nandigram, Tata’s Nano Factory at Singur, expansion of National Highways, construction of Hospitals, I.T. Parks, Bridges, Aerodromes, Industries, Thermal Power Plants, etc. in West Bengal.

 Now the Indian Railways under her minister-ship is actively in process to acquire 35,000 acres of prime 2-crop/3-crop agricultural land for the railways under the same Land Acquisition Act, 1894 which she opposed violently in Singur, Nandigram and other places for pushing her narrow political agenda.

 The Tollygunge-Garia Extension of Metro Rail in Kolkata costing over Rs.1100 crores is a Joint Venture of Central Government and State Government. It was initiated by State Government in 1998 itself. It has shared above 33% of its cost. Besides, it acquired land and rehabilitated all evicted people. During its entire execution period Mamata Banerjee opposed the project vehemently and forcibly along with hooligans of CPI (Maoist), Naxalites and her party to sabotage the project. After becoming the Railways Minister she has shamelessly started claiming for herself all credits for the same and inaugurated the project on 22nd August, 2009 after naming its stations unilaterally without inviting Chief Minister and the Mayor of Kolkata. The entire function was turned into her party’s platform for political campaigning and merrymaking of her sycophant perverted ‘so-called’ intellectuals and hooligans.

 The abnormal haste in starting the Tollygunge-Garia Extension of Metro Rail without ensuring required safety measures and infrastructure for gaining political mileage only has landed the ever increasing number of passengers in great danger and risk.

 500 acres of prime agricultural land is being acquired for expansion of railways from Howrah’s Borogachia to Hooghly’s Champadanga.

 In the name of construction of 1000 MW Power Plant at Adra, more than 66, 70,000 valuable full grown trees are being felled showing thumb to the statutory provisions.

 Railway Officials such as Station Manager and Station Master of Srirampur Railway Station in West Bengal, who are actively engaged in promoting her politics by way of opposing the Left Front and its mass organizations, have been rewarded adequately.

 Most of the “Lady’s Special Trains” introduced by her are running in loss for non-availability of passengers.

 She has provided the gimmick of new employment but not a single word she uttered about filling up the 1, 72,444 posts lying vacant in the Railways.