No mamta for Rail.
It is tragic.
It is tragic when there is no mamta (used as an emotion) for the plight of Railways. This year alone, there have been 13 accidents which have come into the limelight, the most recent being the one in Sainthia ( West Bengal). To talk about the number of casualties would be to trivialise the matter for those who lost someone and for those who care about the plight of Indian Railways.
They are not new phenomena : the accidents. They have become so much a part of routine affairs that one hardly raises an eye upon hearing the news of an accident. The reaction is "didn't something like this occur recently?".
The graveness of the situation is lost in the frequency of its occurrence !
When one thinks of it, many factors can be attributed for the recurrence of accidents : human errors, signalling errors, not-so-regularly-updated technologies, conditions of coaches, pressure on the existing rail network and so on and on. But one thing which is overlooked by most of us is the attitude of those at the top. Top means the person in charge of the Ministry.This has been very much apt especially in the last couple of years.
The person heading the Indian Railways at this moment is more concerned with affairs other than those connected with her Ministry.
The person heading the Indian Railways at this moment is more concerned with affairs other than those connected with her Ministry.
A Central Minister is preoccupied with matters concerning politics of her state and Railways is paying its price !
The careless attitude at the top can often percolate down the system. When one has a rudderless anchor in control of a mammoth organisation, things like this are but only to be expected !
The growth of India has been putting and will continue to put more pressure on Indian infrastructure and Indian Railways in particular in months to come. One would, in this case, ideally expect more focus on expanding and augmenting of facilities, but alas,those come at the bottom of priorities list for the Minister concerned. The number of new trains added, the reduction of fare and awarding more benefits to her state are right there at the top. Afterall these are the factors which will keep a minister "popular".
It make more sense to be perceived as popular than to act as sensible !
At the start 'mamta' was used as an emotion and the sentence was meant to convey pity over the situation. The same sentence conveys a different meaning when 'mamta' is used as a noun.
It is a hope.
No Mamta for Rail.
Well its not surprising. Many of our ministers treat their job as a temporary part time one.As you said when we have a rudderless anchor in control of a mammoth organisation not only these mishaps are waiting to happen...but they are bound to happen. Leadership does matter and this has been evident in the case of turnaround of bihar after the change of regime at the top.
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