Senior Citizen Train Ticket Discount: Can the railways once again give discounts to senior citizens on train tickets? Opposition leaders have demanded this in the Lok Sabha.
Senior Citizen Train Ticket Discount: Railways may once again restore the discount given to its senior citizen passengers on train tickets during travel. In fact, opposition leaders have once again raised this demand inside the Lok Sabha. Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav and Trinamool Congress MP June Malia on Wednesday urged the central government to restore the system of concession in rail fares for senior citizens.
Pappu Yadav also said that the concession given to journalists along with the elderly should be restored in the train fare. He said that separate toilets should be arranged for women in trains and there is a need to increase the number of general coaches in trains.
Will 50 percent discount be given again?
Trinamool Congress MP June Malia said, “Before Covid, senior citizens used to get 50 per cent discount on railway fares. It was suspended, but the government does not seem to intend to restore it.”
He said that there is a need to restore the concession in rail fares for senior citizens. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Joba Manjhi said that a high-level inquiry should be conducted into the rail accident in Jharkhand a few days ago.
‘Passengers got this facility in Modi government’
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajesh Mishra said that the condition of railways has improved a lot under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He hoped that the number of general coaches in trains will be increased soon. Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Rajkumar Sangwan said that many corrective steps have been taken in this government for rail safety, cleanliness, use of technology and many other things.
Steps should be taken regarding safety
Sangwan said that rail services have expanded in Uttar Pradesh. Congress MP Mallu Ravi also participated in the discussion and expressed the need for the government to pay attention towards railway safety. IUML MP E T Mohammed Basheer expressed the need for immediate improvement in the reservation system related to the recruitment of people from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes in railway jobs.
Demand for new railway line
BJP’s Anurag Sharma said that the role of railways is important in Prime Minister Modi’s goal of making India developed by 2047. Jansena Party MP Balasori Vallabhaneni demanded all necessary approvals for laying a new railway line to Amaravati, the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh.
Shiv Sena MP Dhairyasheel Sambhajirave Mane praised the government for the excellent work towards the development of railways. He demanded the reopening of various small stations closed during the Covid pandemic in his area. Shiv Sena (UBT) member Arvind Ganpat Sawant demanded a strong policy related to railway lands in the state.
He stressed on making arrangements for proper rehabilitation of the concerned family in case of demolition of any house. Nationalist Congress Party’s Sunil Tatkare Dattatreya, BJP’s Vijay Dubey and Congress’ Rajmohan Unnithan also participated in the discussion.
