* A lady fell unconscious in general bogie due to excessive heat and rush. She had to be taken out through emergency window as the coach was chock-a-block with passengers!
* What is use of transporting humans in a manner worse than cattle transportation, and taking pride in being the world's cheapest, most subsidised and largest passenger carrier railway system.
* There are many countries which are much poorer than India, even they charge much more than what IR charge from its unreserved non ac paxs.
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more... Poor should be subsidised, but within sustainable limits. Freezing non ac rail fares for ever is a political game and not a solution to eliminate poverty.
* It would be better to raise fare and use the money to run more trains and transport unreserved paxs in a respectable manner.
* New design of coaches should be explored to increase the carrying capacity of paxs. in non-ac as well as ac and unreserved as well as reserved class.