The government is working to bring faster trains with more facilities while trying to meet the diverse expectations of the society, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said today as he announced several initiatives like a ‘National Plan for Railways’ for infrastructure development.
Prabhu said Railways faces a “paradox” like situation where it is expected to provide services like concessional travel and meet social objectives like a government enterprise but at the same time expected to perform like a commercial company. The railways, he said, is trying to meet these diverse expectations as he mentioned seven missions including the ‘Mission to have zero accidents’, ‘Mission on Speed’ and ‘Mission on accounting reform’ etc.