Rail union rejects Debroy report

Our Bureau

New Delhi, May 24:  

Wherever the railway system has been privatised, government subsidy to the system has increased five-six times and passenger and freight charges have also increased subsequently, Shiva Gopal Mishra, General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation , the largest union of Indian Railways, said in a release. In fact, British and New Zealand railway systems had to be re-nationalised, AIRF pointed out, while rejecting the interim recommendations on restructuring of the Railways by a committee headed by Bibek Debroy.