Mamta Banerjee Announces the Rail Budget : 2009 • Request increased budgetary support for Rs 5000 cr in fiscal year 2010
• Provisions for new lines at Rs 2921 cr vs Rs 1100 crore
• To spend Rs 1750 crore on gauge conversion
• To set up Northeastern rail development funds
• New 'Izzat' scheme: Poor to get 25-rupee monthly tickets for 100-km travel
• All students will receive a 60% concession on tickets
• Non-stop train services between select cities
• 12 new point-to-point train services
• Safety is our first priority; improved safety signalling system will be in place: Mamata
• Integrated security systems have been placed in 150 sensitive stations
• Recruitment drive to fill-up backlog of SC/ST and women candidates
• 800 new locations for ticket reservations; 3000 new un-reserved ticket counters
• Passengers can buy un-reserved tickets from 5000 post offices
• Multi-functional utilities like bookstores and STD booths will be made available in stations
• Railways will extend a helping hand to physically-challenged people
• We will put at least one doctor in every long-distance train
• Toilets to be similar to ones in aircrafts; facilities for every journey longer than 2 hours
• We have decided to develop 50 world-class stations: Mamata
• The Railway must set an example of inclusive growth: Mamata
• Mamata says the old mindset of economic viability must be substituted with social viability and that Budget should be based on social viability
• Mamata Banerjee presents Railway Budget in Parliament for the third time
