INDIAN RAILWAYS- ILL TREATED

INDIAN RAILWAYS- ILL TREATED?
The Indian Railways was in its glorious period of existence in the early 60s and up to 90s, maintaining a steady growth in the service of the people as an integrated Transport System. Experts in the field with Technical and Administrative skill were manning the Indian Railways to deliver its intended purpose of public transportation and goods to the nook and corner of the Indian Union. Also the Railways contributed the Lion’s share of its earnings to the central Exchequer.
But there has been a continuous decline in the efficiency of the Railways due to the Political intervention in the day to day operation of the Prestigious Ministry. Such intrusion of vitiated political thinking caused irrevocable damage to the Railway net works. Politicians (Not all) –“Jack of all Trades Master of none” have created this dangerous situation and any amount of retrieval measures may not bring back the Pristine Glory of the Indian railways.
Railways were used as a political tool by unscrupulous people with introvert actions, culminating in the general slowdown of the operation of the railways. Many times the political intervention on technical matters has created an upsetting situation causing imbalance in the whole network. A “dog in the manger” was corroding the very nerves of the Indian railways. Now we are almost “driven to the wall”.
From my experience in the Indian railways, I can boldly say that people who maintain a FAMILY SETUP have proper feel & patience to maintain the Railway as a FAMILY UNIT. But those unmarried (bachelors& Spinsters) people who are indifferent without the experience in maintaining a FAMILY SETUP cannot have the patience to maintain the procedural orders & policy adopted by the Indian railways from in its inception. Such people look at this Ministry as a PLATFORM to please the political groups& followers. Being ignorant of the Technicalities of the Operating System, they must follow the Technical advice and suggestions of the Railway Officers to implement the Political Agenda or Policy. The direct action of the Railway Minister always proves to be detrimental to the National interest and the System gets paralyzed when politicians overact.
No other Ministry has such complicated and unique nature of working. Therefore if this important Ministry is headed by people who take shortcuts and do not follow the systematic procedures laid out for efficient operation of the Railways, we are bound to sustain heavy loss and attended difficult situations in the coming years.
Abraham Mangalath Philip.