But do you think the govt. (this or any other) really bothers to improve IR from such initiatives? There have been numerous committees who have given suggestions for improvement. The IR employees themselves, who know the mess inside-out, have given suggestions. When govt. never bothers to listen and implement them, You think fans like us will be respected or heard? All these are publicity gimmicks similar to sending baby food to people who tweet or free wifi, to grab headlines and showcase the govt. as a innovative one taking feedbacks from people.
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deficit? The simple reality is railfans are mocked at. Personally I have experienced IR employees who have mocked me when I was young and asked a few innocuous questions. They don't understand what railfanning and passion for trains is . This post sums it up /blog/post/2143581.
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An article I read in IRI news - An article on railfans who go to any lengths like climbing mountains to take pics and having good knowledge about locos. The newspaper reported it and also quoted rail officials saying that these fans are passionate, but sometimes behave as though they know better than us which is dangerous. Not trust deficit, just plain disdain....
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My take is govt. has no use for any suggestions, just for publicity they will implement some small idea of some IIT guy and tom-tom it as a "Green initiative" or "Make in India" or "Digital India" vision. They are masters at conning the public with PR blitz.
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There are so many members who have tweeted or complained through various forums and there has been no reply, let alone suggestion being acted upon. Here is the latest one /blog/post/2205270.
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All members on this forum - who have so many suggestions, ideas, discussions and creating imaginary trains - are all part of innovative thinking as to what can be done to improve IR. A dream, hope, yearning ..... that if these ideas are acted upon, then IR will improve. But reality is its just confined to this forum, because all know, even if we all were to consolidate and send these ideas and suggestions, nothing will come of it...... Will be thrown out by 'powers that be' or just will gather dust as many expert committee reports are gathering dust.
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P.S.: I personally do see the discussions here on the forum by all members as something beyond photos and videos /blog/post/2173805
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