>>Without Odisha, the Indian railroad does not have the revenue stream to >>sustain the loss making operations in Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and the NE >>states. The three states that provide to the coffers of Indian Railroad the >>most revenue are Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand >> Could u substantiate these claims with figures? The maximum overall income to Railways come from the Western and Southern regions. Perhaps carrying coal and iron ore from Orissa, Jharkand and Chattisgargh or Bihar might be contributing to the Railway's income from carrying goods, more than other regions
--- On Mon, 6/30/08, deba nayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: deba nayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ =>> Jharkhand <<= ] Indian Railways- Why Odisha, Chhattisgarh & Jharkhand are the biggest loosers? To: [email protected] Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 9:16 AM Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org. in/forum >From the time railroad was introduced in the subcontinent in 1854, Odisha has >been taken granted to provide the revenue stream to build the Indian railroad. >Without Odisha, the Indian railroad does not have the revenue stream to >sustain the loss making operations in Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and the NE >states. The three states that provide to the coffers of Indian Railroad the >most revenue are Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand and yet excluding >Jharkhand which has been lucky so far for being tagged politically with Bihar, >neither Odisha nor Chhattisgarh has been received any substantial investment >to bring the railroad to the hinterland of either of these two states. >Actually Chhattisgarh is even in a worse position than Odisha. Over the last 150+ years, the only track in Odisha that has been laid with minimal economic consideration is between Khurdha Road and Puri. All the other tracks have been laid to haul the minerals or Odisha happened to be lucky to be between Chennai-Howrah or Howrah-Mumbai. The Odisha specific tracks such as Cuttack-Paradeep, Paradeep-Haridaspur , Daitari-Banspani, Nergundi-Talcher- Sambalpur are all laid to haul minerals. Unless the kings of the erstwhile princely states of Mayurbhanj and Paralakhemundi invested in the narrow gauge tracks connecting their states with the old SE Railway, those two lines would never been built by Indian Railroad. While step-mother India is ruled by biased regional fanatic short-sighted leaders, we just can't put the entire blame on our state politicians for not strongly advocating the interest of the state in the parliament. Our press and people (including the intelligentsia) are equally quiet. Thanks Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand.org. in/forum
