New Delhi: Facing repeated complaints by passengers of trains running late, the Prime Minister's Office has pulled up the Railway Ministry. According to sources, the PMO has come hard on Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu over his failure in ensuring punctuality of trains.
Sources say that complaints received by the PMO were being forwarded to the Railway NMinistry on a regular basis over the past few days. A few days ago the PMO called Prabhu and told him to follow the same pattern as was followed during Emergency when the trains were on time.
After the PMO's intervention, the railway traffic officials are said to have dug out parliamentary speeches and records of the Emergency to find out whether trains at that time were actually on time or was it merely a myth.
However, quickly reacting to the report, the Railway Ministry has clarified on PMO's intervention. "It's my duty to ensure regular monitoring of punctuality of trains. Slackness in the system has to be corrected. Our trains are running on time than they were 10 days back. It shouldn't be linked to any order from the PMO," Railway Board Member Traffic Ajay Shukla said.
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