Pakistan Railway, under the leadership of federal government
with it’s headquarter in Lahore is an important source of transportation to
carry millions of passengers throughout Pakistan. But the serious issue that
the passengers, employees and the railway department are facing depicts the
likely collapse to happen in the near future. In January 17, in Rawalpindi, its
100 employees retired because the authorities were unable to pay them due to
the shortage of money.
According to a senior Railway official the Prime
Minister provided Rs 7.5 million from his development fund to be used in the
improvement of the railway project. This amount was used in Gujar Khan City for
the development of gas pipeline, tube well etc. The revenues earned by the
Jhelum and Sargodha railway stations in Rawalpindi Division which are Rs 4
million and Rs 6 million monthly are better than the revenues earned by the Gujar Khan station
which are only Rs 700,000. White wash is also not done since seven years. We
can only imagine the woes of Gujar Khan’s railway and its workers, but overall
the Pakistan Railway is suffering a loss of 35 million every day. Rs 27 million
it earns in a day are all used up in the diesel through which it runs.
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When a
hometown resident himself is not concerned and shows no serious attitude towards
the destruction of such an important asset than how can be this matter considered
or taken seriously on a country level; it’s
like the authorities are busy securing their own future over the ‘about to
crush’ or ‘crushed’ future of the
employees. Writing down the main problems faced in the PR department are:
- Lack of Government attention
- Shortage of locomotives
- Mismanagement
- Poor maintenance techniques
- Corruption
- Lobbies whose interests are ignoring this sector
People are forced to take route of buses rather than trains
due to the problems they face while travelling, such as mid way breakdowns,
reservation of a birth which is sometimes only confirmed after the receiving bribes,
normally the trains are too late and the facility of lights is also not
available due to the failure of generators.
When there is care then there comes the hearty attitude of working for a task to its fullest, and when the importance is given to self benefits then carefree attitude exhibits, the same is happening here. Only a little attention towards Pakistan Railway will serve this asset its own purpose and life but if this made up crisis continues than its life is near to a downfall.
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