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Sunday, April 01, 2007

Plight of Indian Railways

Yesterday i came from Mysore to Chennai in Chennai express. When we(myself and my friend) boarded the train we got an announcement that the train will not go beyond Arakonam because of bandh and will go to Chennai only after 6 PM. So i called my dad and asked him to bring the car to Arakonam. Unfortunately our car had gone out for service. Hence my dad booked a cab for us, but the guy called at 9 and told that he would not be able to come because of bandh. Somehow my dad arranged a car, got up at 4 AM and came to Arakonam. On coming to the station, my dad asked the railway authorities about the status and they said that the train will not go beyond Arakonam. However when he entered the platform they announced that the train will go till Chennai central. I never thought this would ever happen and i pity all those who came to pick their near and dear ones.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing to say da... It's India.. it has to happen... It's Implicit machi..

Unknown said...

It Happens only in Tamil Nadu to be precise where the bandh was of no meaning to anyone

Serendipity said...

A mindless way of protesting for some sensible decision:|

n obviously we cant expect Indian railways to be professional coz still they have no competition

Aditi said...

yea, we can just pity those who suffer due to these bandh and the effect is visible. But those who call for the bandh generally are unaware of the loss they cause to their country...
i've posted something on reservation, i request you to go thru it, its one of the drawbacks of indian culture..

Janani said...

So this is how you reached home and you were delivering punch lines for this huh.

Sad to hear this. Such a thoughtless act happens only in Indian politics and especially in Tamil Nadu