Indian Railway officials fudging arrival times to report on time performance: Manish Tewari

Over a post in Twitter, Tewari stated that the railway officials are fudging arrival time in order to report on time while trains are regularly running late.

By: FE Online | New Delhi | Published: March 7, 2017 

Manish Tewari stated that the railway officials are fudging arrival time in order to report on time while trains are regularly running late. (PTI)

With fresh allegations on the operations of the Indian Railway, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari asked Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to investigate on the officials. Over a post in Twitter, Tewari stated that the railway officials are fudging arrival time in order to report on time while trains are regularly running late.

In his tweet, the Congress spokesperson mentioned, “@sureshpprabhu your officials are fudging arrival times to report on time performance while trains routinely run late.Please investigate.”

Earlier, on Monday, Union Minister Rajen Gohain reviewed the performance of Central, Western and Konkan Railway. The Minister of State for Railways was given a guard of honour by the RPF contingent at the foyer of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a senior official said.

“Gohain held a meeting with the Central Railway (CR) General Manager D K Sharma and other senior officials. Divisional Railway Managers of the other four CR divisions joined the meeting via video conferencing,” he said.

The Minister also reviewed various projects being undertaken by the Ministry in CR, Western Railway and Konkan Railway, said the official. Later, Gohain visited Konkan Railway headquarters in Navi Mumbai and reviewed its performance in a meeting attended by Konkan Railway CMD Sanjay Gupta.

During the meeting Gohain briefed the vision and mission of Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu for socioeconomic development of Konkan Region, an official statement said. The Minister reviewed the performance of Konkan Railway with respect to safety in train operation, security of passenger, passenger amenities, punctuality, Financial Progress and others, it said.