Expressing concern over the deteriorating financial position of the Indian Railway, All India Railwaymen’s Federation General Secretary Shiv Gopal Misra today demanded a bailout package of Rs 50,000 crore for the railways every year to come out from the crisis. Talking to newsmen here, he said if the deterioration of the financial position continued, the railways, after few months, would be in a position to unable to pay salaries to its employees. He said during last few years, the passenger fare had not been hiked, but at the same time, the cost of maintenance had increased multi folds in the form of hike in diesel prices and the prices of spare parts and other equipment.
He suggested that the government put some burden on the rich passengers and spare common men.
The union leader demanded the railway administration to decentralize the recruitment policy for Group-D. In the existing Group-D recruitment policy, the RRB conducts written exam and finally select the candidates through interviews. In this policy only overqualified are selected and recruited for Group-D Posts. UNI