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Malur needs Commuter Rail badly
Written By Sanjeev - 6 March, 2012
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Malur example shows how commuter rail will help the people
Cramped space
More than 10 inter-state trains pass through the station, everyday. Still, the commuters from here do not even get place to stand. In general compartments at least 300 persons travel with difficulty.
Especially train service here has not done any good to children , women and elderly persons. Even getting into the train from this station is an adventure.
More than 10 thousand people from town and other villages of Malur, travel everyday in train. Leave alone seating facility, many do not even get place to stand.
Kanyakumari Express, Thirupathi Passenger, Kuppam Push-pull, Kolar Push-pull, Marikuppam Push-pull, Kakinada Express, Passenger Express, Arakonam Passenger, Chennai Express and Mysore Passenger is full everyday and commuters from Malur have to face difficulties to get in.
Lone ticket counter
Everyday commuters stand in a queue from 3 am. By five in the morning there is a long queue. Thousands of people are seen rushing to get the ticket. There is a lone ticket counter and many people return without tickets as by the time they get tickets, the train would be moving. Adding to woes, there is not even a single water tap with drinking water. Toilet is also missing in the platform. Even if one tries and finds out a toilet nearby, it would be dirty and stinking.
Daily travellers have submitted memorandums, requesting to provide facilities including drinking water and additional ticket counter. But no action is taken yet.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/232335/rly-ministers-constituency-has-no.html
Same with Ramanagarm, Tumkur, Dodballpaur & Hosur people have to struggel using the long distance trains to reach Bangalore city for their work & other things
These things show how badly Commuter Rail Service is needed to help the suburbs of Bangalore and solve the traffic and Urban Transportation issues.
COMMENTS
idontspam - 20 March, 2012 - 14:18
would-be, wanna-be, has-been, which CM? today you will put the case to one, tomorrow another will take his place, yet another the day after? In this political thamasha governance suffers.
rs - 7 March, 2012 - 03:35
Well, I wont go so far as to say the middle class doesnt give a damn about the city - the fact is I think the middle class is largely disenfranchised and while things appear to be being done to help them - widening roads, HSRL etc - the real reason is so that the politicians, BBMP bureaucrats can make a lot of money. As a middle class resident of Malleswaram I would, for example, love to be able to take public transportation to MG road for dinner - but all buses from Malleswaram go to Majestic and so I would have to go and change buses there making the endeavor too time consuming to be worthwhile. The public transportation doesnt serve certain areas very well.
I would love to take commuter rail to work - I work near Bangalore university and so if it existed I would take it - its only 13 km by train. But no trains exist ! The proposals never seem to move forward as they are not money making schemes for the politiciansl The fact is that while nobody gives a damn about the poor the also dont give a damn about anyone else. Its not clear to me whom this HSRL will serve - its too expensive for the BIA worker to use, not that convenient for most people and the rich business people would rather take a taxi. The bus service is fantastic but only for returning and flying in the middle of the day - for an early morning or late night flight I would hesitate to rely on it as for it to work one has to go to Mekhri circle.
Its all about these big pointless infrastructure projects which make the politicians and corrupt BBMP officials money. Nobody cares about the hapless citizen of this city.
rs - 6 March, 2012 - 17:21
The problem is that poor people use trains. The govt. is happy to spend 6000-10000 crores on some meaningless high speed rail from the airport which no one will use. They think the rich will but the rich will continue to use taxis. But they dont care about the hapless millions who struggle every day getting to and fro Bangalore. This state has gone to the dogs - there has to be a revolution.
kbsyed61 - 6 March, 2012 - 18:07
@rs,
You are bang on. This only proves how convoluted are these plans of Signal Free jns, A/C BIG-10 fleet who half the time runs empty, over served areas like Koramangala, Jayanagar, BSK, Malleswaram/rajjainagar/Vijaynagar, where the middle and upper class won't give a damn about what is the best for the city.
The areas in which people depend on PT systems are severely under served and in some cases they are denied a just share of PT system.
Just the Metro routes speaks volumes about lopsided progress that the govt is unleashing. It seems those who vote religously gets lemons but those who don't care to vote or participate in process of democracy, gets all the attention of the govt, BBMP, BDA, CMs, Ministers with slew of all the amenities one can hope to.
The only reason why commuter rail plans doesn't get off is because it doesn't run into 1000s of crores and railway for some reason is perceived as for the "Bharat Ki Bhooki Janta" only and it is somewhat reflection of a class war.
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