'Centre planning bullet trains when people travel like 'cattle' in locals'

May 19, 2015 20:38

Former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today took a swipe at the Centre's bullet train project, saying it should care about the suburban local commuters first, who are forced to travel like "cattle" in peak hours in Mumbai.

Trivedi pointed out the jam-packed and highly overloaded suburban local trains here and said, "Just see how the people are forced to travel like cattle. Even cattle travel better than this."

Debunking the idea of bullet trains, he said,"First think about these people, and then talk something else. On one side we talk about 'Chandrayaan' and on the other side these people are forced to travel like this."

"First make common man's travel dignified and then talk about bullet trains. The bitter part of the truth is that the foundation of Indian Railways is shaken," he added.

Trivedi was in the city as a member of Lok Sabha Petition Committee comprising 15 MPs under the chairmanship of Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

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